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A MODERN READER #2: And That’s It, More or Less
When I was in college, I had a crush on Ugly Duckling Presse the way 17 year-olds in 1958 had a crush on Jack Kerouac.
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Is Adobe Dying?
“The bottom line? Adobe Books, as it exists now, will not exist in a year or so.” At the just launched Bay Citizen Reyhan Harmanci reports on the unsure future of one of San Francisco’s favorite independent bookstores.
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A Second Set of Eyes
“This wide disparity in editing editorial content isn’t wildly surprising; the disparity has grown markedly over the last decade, and certainly the blogosphere making each one of us our own editors has taught us new uneasy conventions. We’ve gained a…
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10/40/70 #9: The Descent
This ongoing experiment in film writing freezes a film at 10, 40, and 70 minutes, and keeps the commentary as close to those frames as possible. This week, I examine The Descent, by Neil Marshall.
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“Facebook Announces New Privacy Features”
“The theme here is clearly ‘simple’ — an easier way to stop sharing information with people, websites and applications that you don’t want to have access.” Facebook does some damage control.
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“Graphic Novel”
“I thought it would never catch on. It’s a terrible term. They’re not novels; most of them are memoirs, in fact. ‘Graphic’ implies an illustrated novel; that’s not what it is. I just thought people would say, ‘It’s a comic…
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Oh, Garrison
I came across this piece in the NY Times by Garrison Keillor bemoaning the new world of self-publishing via the twitter feed of Austin Kleon, who suggested Keillor should “just put a gun in your mouth & spare us yr…
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Tune of the Day
Artists: Wiley (featuring Jodie Connor & J2K) Song: “Electric Boogaloo (Find A Way)”
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Sam Lipsyte at HTMLGIANT
Tomorrow, Thursday May 27, at 9pm EST (6pm PST) Sam Lipsyte will give a live, online reading from his book The Ask over at HTMLGIANT. The reading will be followed by a question and answer period. Mark your calender!
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Flarf
“Flarf is a creature of the electronic age. The flarf method typically involves using word combinations turned up in Google searches, and poems are often shared via email. When one poet penned a piece after Googling ‘peace” + “kitty,’ another…