2011
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Rare Proofs and Big Price Tags
For those of us who relish in rarity, there is a limited supply of uncorrected proofs out there. Among them is a “pad-bound” copy of Gabriel Garciá Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude, which is fragilely constructed and very hard…
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Is Me Really Monster?
Via McSweeneys: “When me get back to apartment, after cookie binge, me can’t stand looking in mirror—fur matted with chocolate-chip smears and infested with crumbs. Me try but me never able to wash all of them out. Me don’t think…
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #91
PONIES ★★★★★ (5 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing ponies.
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Look At How Much Fun We’re Having!
These are some beautiful photos of your literary peers at “Cold Summer Nights,” last week’s monthly Rumpus event. If you missed this one, don’t stress. Our July 11th event, “Take Me Home,” is guaranteed to look this good (Click here…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week 6/20-6/26
This week in San Francisco, Daniel Orozco visits the Booksmith, SFSmiles throws a party for dads and Hard French parties for Pride. Monday, June 20th – Author Daniel Orozco is gracing San Francisco with his presence, and we are ecstatic to…
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Talking with Arthur Phillips
The Morning News’ Robert Birnbaum continues his decade-long conversation with author Arthur Phillips. They talk about avoiding predictability, the sounds of publishers whining, Phillips’ latest writing and of course, beagles and kids.
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The Power of Gil Scott-Heron
My experience with Gil Scott Heron is (woefully) limited to his seminal work “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” and his final album I’m New Here. I didn’t know how much I was missing until the day he died and…
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Is That The Best You’ve Got?
I have to say, I’m a little underwhelmed by Flavorwire’s list of 30 greatest writer-on-writer insults. Harold Bloom cutting J.K. Rowling is a bit like a dairy farmer criticizing a donkey for not giving enough milk. Sure, it’s accurate, but…
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Notable New York, This Week 6/20-6/26
This week in New York Desperately Seeking Susan at the River to River Festival; Kate Christensen and Gerald Howard at The Center for Fiction; Pete Hamill reads at Bryant Park; The Soundtrack Series; The L Life: Extraordinary Lesbians Making a…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
If I am reading this right, all IT people are autistic. I would like to live my life inside a converted French Art Deco swimming pool. Behold the Russian Wizard of Oz. (via BibliOdyssey.) Holy cow, memory implants! Most importantly:…
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My Interview with Susie Bright, Sex-Positive Feminist
Susie Bright, sex-positive feminist, writer, revolutionary, and my first tongue-kiss with a woman recently released her memoir Big Sex Little Death.
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Dad & Daughter: Nine Years of Bedtime Stories
Happy Father’s Day! Here’s a feel-good daddy story from NPR: When Alice Ozma was a fourth-grader, she and her dad, Jim Brozina, made a pact to read together every night for 100 days. At the end of the 100 days,…