Morning Bites: Jennifer Weiner in a Vest, Praying to Gatsby, Rushdie Fatwa Game and More

Jami Attenberg talks to Jennifer Weiner about poking fun at the Jeffrey Eugenides “Swoon Worthy” ad. Five words: Salman Rushdie fatwa video game. Daniel Fights a Hurricane, the latest book by Shane Jones, gets a trailer. Saying a prayer to Gatsby. Shepard Fairey designs the new Rolling Stones logo. Hopefully he won’t get sued for this one. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and our Tumblr.

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Afternoon Bites: St. Vincent & David Byrne Collaborate, Jules Feiffer’s Graphic Novel, Book Tours Discussed, And More

The Awl has a fairly massive discussion of readings and book tours, featuring folks like Shane Jones and Lauren Cerand. Pitchfork’s Ian Cohen talked to St. Vincent’s Annie Clark about her collaboration with David Byrne. At Slate, Will Saletan and Ross Douthat are presently engaged in a lengthy and intelligent discussion of politics and religion, related to the release of Douthat’s book Bad Religion. Warren Ellis’s “Writers Never Retire” mug should fit nicely beside the “Write Like a Motherfucker” mug […]

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Afternoon Bites: Unfilmable Books, Shane Jones Flash Fiction, LeVar Burton, and more

The Believer is interviewing Chris Onstad. We heartily approve. LeVar Burton talks to Hero Complex about his career in television and — relevant to this site — bringing back Reading Rainbow. Shane Jones has new flash fiction up at Tin House. And Jac Jemc has a novel excerpt up at Two Serious Ladies. The AV Club looks at good films made from theoretically unfilmable books. At The Lit Pub, J/J Hastain on J.A. Tyler’s A Shiny Unused Heart: “This is one […]

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