I Will Blurb Any Book Within 24 Hours! #11
Tired of waiting weeks or even MONTHS for back-cover endorsements from recognizable authors? I, Mickey Hess, will blurb any book – that’s right, ANY book – within 24 hours! Just…
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Morning Coffee
The furniture of Pierre Cardin. I am more than happy to link to articles about the Mutter Museum in any capacity whatsoever. The Croatian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale is…
Our Strippers Who Art in Hollywood, Jumbo’s Be Thy Name
It was 11:30 on a Tuesday night and the bar at Jumbo’s Clown Room was packed. I was instantly moved by the spirit of Ramona, a tall black stripper in…
An Extra Bit of Sugar
We’re always hungry for more Sugar, so we’re happy to see that Judy McGuire, who writes the “Dategirl” column for the Seattle Weekly, has posted a great interview with our…
“One of My Muses—Ex-Pro-Choice Republican Arlen Specter—Was Defeated in the Democratic Primary…”
In recognition of Sen. Arlen Specter (D) — who switched to the Republican party in 1965 and then back to the Democratic party last year — losing his bid for…
Slow Writing: Archaic Forms of Technology Outlive Newer Ones
We love the image of these young people laboriously but lovingly writing their personal diaries as a way to preserve culture:
DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #49: The Locked Cock
She gets to choose too. She’s a person.
Franzen Excerpts
You can read an excerpt from Freedom at the end of NPR’s review of the book here. You can also find a different excerpt, posted online by Vogue, here. Lastly,…
Facebook Declares the End of Books
Ok, guys. We had a good run, but that whole book thing is done and over according to Facebook. They’re suing a website called Teachbook.com, an online community for teachers,…
Larry Fahey: The Last Book I Loved, Bullet Park
I should say at the outset that while Bullet Park is a good book, and in my opinion a great book, it is not a sound book. Cheever is rightly…
Today is 8/26 Day!
826 National is “a family of eight nonprofit organizations dedicated to helping students, ages 6-18, with expository and creative writing.” Pretty fantastic, right? Well there’s no day like today to…
Renewed, Transfigured
Like boxes in storage, Andrea Scrima’s memories are itinerant. Wherever she resides, nothing seems to be in the right place.