Dean Young’s The Art of Recklessness: A Review?
“The emphasis on craft, on procedures and techniques, is like the creation of perfectly safe nuclear reactors without acknowledging the necessity of radioactive matter for the core.”
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The Dollhouse Within
What does it mean to be “in the house,” to be held in place in an age of motion, of fleeting relationships, realities, and contexts?
...moreThe Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
Happy Easter, everybody!
A slideshow of writerly villains in film. (via)
“Why Twitter is Gertrude Stein.” (via)
I know it’s not hip right now, but I love me some “neuronovels.” Maybe this is why. (via Jessa Crispin at Bookslut, who might actually sort of kind of agree with me!
...moreLiterary Fashionables: The Absurdist and the Word Portraitist
This week in New York, white tents are set up behind the New York Public Library in Bryant Park. It is called Fashion Week because it is a celebration of fashion of the sartorial kind. While that is happening in the park, we’ll be devoting space in the blog each day this week to two of our best-loved literary fashionables.
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