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Maud’s Notes on Book Blogging
“If you’d told me in 2002 that I would keep at it for so long or that so many people would know about this site or care what I had…
Pleasant Dreams
Some books are born to greatness, some achieve greatness, and apparently others have greatness thrust upon them in the form of an Amazon gift card. This hasn’t gotten much play…
Karl’s Journey to the Moon
First published in Sweden in 1926, Karl’s Journey to the Moon (Kalles Resa Till Manen) is the story of a boy who blows a soap bubble which takes him to…
40 Years Ago Today
“The students who had gathered that day – all unarmed – held a large range of opinions about the seemingly endless war in Vietnam.” Elaine Holstein, mother of Jeffrey Miller,…
Who Killed Bambi?
“This, for the benefit of future rock historians, is the transcript of a screenplay I wrote in the summer of 1977.” Roger Ebert’s screenplay about the Sex Pistols, Who Killed…
Morning Coffee
This might make you cry. A brief illustrated history of voting. (via brainpicker) Gather round this internet link to see some of the world’s ugliest statues. Let’s all quit Facebook…
The Rumpus Review of 44 Inch Chest
This is a man’s world, where nothing is off-limits, and you’d better be able to dish it out, or you’re going to take an ungodly amount.
Notable San Francisco, This Week: 5/3-5/9
This week, San Francisco flaunts its artistic side with free museum admission on First Tuesday, the 17th Annual MoMA Warehouse Sale, SoEx’s 2010: Space Odyssey fund raiser, and ReFrame: Making…
Kirsty Logan: The Last Book I Loved, Selected Poems 1956-1968
My copy of Leonard Cohen’s Selected Poems 1956-1968 is not actually mine. I stole it from my childhood home eight years ago. When my parents split I was 18 years…
Walpurgisnacht
Illustrations by Stefan Eggeler for a 1922 edition of Gustav Meyrink’s Walpurgisnacht: