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Kevin Nolan: The Last Book I Loved, Short Letter, Long Farewell

Austrian writer Peter Handke begins his 1972 novel Short Letter, Long Farewell with the following: “Jefferson Street is a quiet thoroughfare in Providence. It circles around the business section, changes…

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LitBlogging?

The New York Times asks “Can a blog rise to the level of literature?” “The question is prompted by the arrival of José Saramago’s latest effort, The Notebook, which collects…

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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 3/29-4/4

This Week, Get ready for next week’s Monthly Rumpus with a Yellow Dress show, check out emerging writers at USF and established ones at Grow the F*ck Up! at the…

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Just Because You’re Paranoid…

David Aaronnovitch’s survey of global conspiracy theories ably debunks chestnuts old and new, but avoids closer analysis of what inspires them in the first place.

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Bertha, The Child-Flower

Raymond Roussel clipped “Bertha, The Child-Flower” from the final manuscript of his masterpiece Locus Solus (1914), but here she blooms again.

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Things Are Still Falling Apart

Chinua Achebe was briefly interviewed in NYT Magazine last week. In the interview he talks about current Nigerian politics, focusing on the weakness of the Nigerian Acting President, Good Luck…

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THE BOOKOPTICON

“To become a literary star, having talent helps, but so does carving out a place in the tangled, incestuous web of the publishing world. Our interactive field guide illustrates how…

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Notable New York, This Week 3/29 – 4/4

This week in New York Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood holds a reading series, Threepenny Review celebrates its thirtieth birthday, A Public Space throws a launch party for Issue 10, Paris Review…

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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup

Robot journalists! What could possibly go wrong? (via Book Bench) “Houses are not homes – they are holes and caves.” Apparently, Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi is a short story writer.…

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The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement

Rumpus Books has been busy with tons of excellent reviews. Also, illustrations and cute book excerpts. Come check it out.

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“I had more to say, but this was enough.”

“Last year a friend came to stay with me for a night, when he was between apartments. […] “Now I enjoy weird, unresolved sexual tension as much as the next…

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“He Didn’t Know What He Was”

“The year my boy Danny turned six, my wife Penny and me took him down to Lexington and got him good and scanned because that’s what everybody was doing back…

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