A 1959 recording of Flannery O’Connor reading “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” Jeffrey Eugenides hangs out in England and makes a video. Wayne Koestenbaum is interviewed on The Bat Segundo Show. The Nervous Breakdown gives us their 2011 Nobbies, and it’s a fine list. Cyberpunk writer Neal Stephenson is profiled in the New York Times. Jonathan Lethem on Philip K. Dick. Forever 21 has pulled the Flipper shirt. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, and our Tumblr.
Morning Bites: 2011 NBA champions, John Hodgman on OWS, Amis on DeLillo, Kurt Vile pics, and more
Jesmyn Ward, Nikky Finney, and Stephen Greenblatt became the only people that will be able to say that they won anything from the NBA in 2011. The Washington Post has a nice Twitter timeline of the National Book Award happenings, and The New York Times has a rundown as well. John Hodgman explains what Occupy Wall Street, Herman Cain, and the musical Cats have in common. Martin Amis talks of Don DeLillo’s “prophetic soul.” (Thanks Gabrielle Gantz for the tip) Ann Beattie talks to […]
Morning Bites: Camus the (almost) Jew, Marriage Plot movie, Lethem’s week, new Walkmen, and more
Scott Rudin bought the rights to Jeffrey Eugenides’ bestselling novel The Marriage Plot. Remember back in the day (3 weeks ago) when HBO was buying every book that ever came out? Albert Camus: almost a Jew. Giancarlo DiTrapano (New York Tyrant) is interviewed at Dark Sky Magazine. Writer and organizer of literary events in Hudson, NY, Chloe Caldwell, is interviewed by Electric Literature. Jonathan Lethem’s book of essays, The Ecstasy of Influence, is reviewed. Lethem is visiting the People’s Library at Occupy […]
Bites: Patton Oswalt gets an Essay, Lethem in California, Dog Poetry, David Markson Marginalia and More
Patton Oswalt earns The Millions essay treatment. Does Jonathan Lethem miss the cold New York winter? (Which is actually quite warm today.) Matt Bell & Kyle Minor talking electronic editions and self-publishing. The accidental poetry of American Kennel Club. A Tumblr of David Markson marginalia.
Weekend Bites: Jarvis Cocker goes Moby-Dick, Miranda July’s new Film, Lethem on Rushkoff and More
Jarvis Cocker as Captain Ahab? Miranda July’s film, The Future, is getting positive reviews at Sundance. Scott Macaulay of Filmmaker Magazine “Loved” it. Jonathan Lethem’s Amazon review of Douglas Rushkoffs Life Inc. A video on Moleskine Debossing.
Bites: Tea Party Textbooks, Lethem on Wikipedia, Gaiman on The Simpsons, Žižek on WikiLeaks and More
Tennessee Tea Party members want any reference of the founding fathers “intruding on the Indians or having slaves or being hypocrites in one way or another.” Jonathan Lethem celebrates Wikipedia’s 10th birthday. Neil Gaiman to appear on The Simpsons. Slavoj Žižek talks Wikileaks. Taking a look at one of Joseph Conrad’s least-read books, The Inheritors
Today’s Awesome: Patti Smith Talks to Jonathan Lethem
When he isn’t talking about hipsters, Jonathan Lethem is doing cool things like writing books and talking to Patti Smith. (Thanks Moby Lives)
Waste Two Minutes Of Your Life Listening To Jonathan Lethem Talk About Hipsters
No seriously, it’s almost as awesome as listening to N+1 talk about them. If If you’re into that sort of thing… (Also, while we’re at it, does Lethem seem like some weird cross breed of several of the male character off the American version of The Office, or is that just me?)