Refresh, Refresh
A new graphic novel translates Benjamin Percy’s short story about children of the Iraq war into brilliant color.
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Into the Vault
I’m on a NPR Weekend Edition segment about Shakespeare’s First Folio this weekend; Scott Simon and I ventured into the vault of the Folger with library director Gail Paster. It’s…
Notable San Francisco, This Week: 11/30-12/6
This week in San Francisco: three bicyclists make a pit stop on their 12,000 mile journey, thus taking care of your exercise quotient for the year. Also, the International Body…
Things to Think About: Publishing Links
An excellent, straight forward look at rejection: “My Horrible New York Times Review.” Michael Greenberg on “Writing & Money.” Will the legendary Elliott Bay Book Co. be forced to close…
Notable New York, This Week 11/30 – 12/6
This week in New York Cate Blanchett acts in A Streetcar Named Desire, John Ashbery and Paul Auster read, Mike Daisey monologizes, an n+1 panel discusses feminism and love, Sherman…
The Rumpus Interview with Cyberpunk Richard Kadrey
The last time I saw you, in 2000, we were in a hotel room in Pittsburgh; one of us was naked and there was a beautiful, heavily tattooed girl handcuffed…
La Danse Macabre
All works from La Danse Macabre by Rene Georges Hermann-Paul, 1919 from the collection of Richard Sica: “L’Alcool” (detail)
Belle de Jour Is the New Pretty Woman
Pick any political debate or news article about prostitution, and there’s a high probability there’ll be a quote along the lines of “It’s a far cry from Pretty Woman.” As…
Poetry in Motion
Poet Billy Collins has teamed up with artists to create action poetry. My favorite? “The Best Cigarette.” (via The Book Bench)
Things to Think About: Publishing Links
Harlequin’s Self-Publishing Venture: Is It the Future of Publishing? The New York Times offers discounted netbook with e-subscription. (via PW) “Booksellers Profit from National Bookstore Day.” Thomas Christensen’s fantastic glossary…
Paper Castles
I love that a book like this needed to exist in the first place — an 1859 guide to creating architect’s models out of paper: