The Resilience of the Novel
“The media predicted the death of the book upon the advent of radio, and then again with film, and then again with television. It’s happening once more with the rise…
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Things to Think About: Publishing Links
The Nook has become the fastest selling item at Barnes & Noble. “What the hell is social publishing?” (via @R_Nash) Robert Weil talks about editing R. Crumb’s Genesis Illustrated. “Is Book…
A Squared-Off Landscape Representing the World
A Village Life is the work of a mature poet looking out at the world from a window, but now concerned with the larger cycles in which she participates, instead…
“My Most Embarrassing Fantasy”
“Looking at these photos, I get the sense that the writers (even the young ones) are long gone, lost to an era when people gazed longingly out of train windows,…
Listen to Metal on Metal and Everything Will Be Okay
Just because you don’t succeed the way others define success, you’re not a failure. You just chose to take a different path. And who’s to say that’s wrong? I just…
PPOW Hosts n+1 Party
PPOW Gallery in Chelsea has been lending its space for a variety of interesting literary arts events through its Hostess Project. A few weeks ago it hosted a screening of…
The Journal of Urban Typography
Such a simple concept: The Journal of Urban Typography is a digital collection of everyday, do-it-yourself signage. Normally you wouldn’t think twice about these signs, but taken together–curated even–they convey…
Welcome, Tiny Overlords
Perhaps you have a child. Perhaps you want one. Or perhaps, after reading a few articles at Let’s Panic About Babies!, you’ll be shocked barren. Let’s Panic! is The Onion…
Morning Coffee
50 years of beautiful space exploration (be sure to view the large image). Top 5 MFA rankings, rearranged. Just in time for Halloween, My Zombie Pinup: “Where Beauty Eats Brains.”…