Most of the excitement this week is in Denver at the AWP Conference, but there’s still plenty to talk about in poetry. For instance, have you been keeping up with…
Counterpoint asked “a lot of people” (as Cory Doctorow put it) to reflect on the world of copyright on the 300th anniversary of the passage of Queen Anne’s Law, and…
Late start today, so no morning links, but here’s some science for you. In the great paper book/e-book debate, some dyslexics have a firm preference for e-books. Scientists in Japan…
Thanks to Bloomberg.com, we now know how much Chad Harbach, the “Unemployed Harvard Man,” made on the sale of his novel, and how many copies of The Art of Fielding…
It’s all happening. For the next few days, with Canadian assistance, San Francisco continues its conquest of bad-assery. Secret indoor gardens are the best kinds of gardens. Space bureaucracy. Architects…
There is nothing quite like reading Little, Big, John Crowley’s epic and elegantly subtle fantasy novel about a New England family and their mystifying relationship with the Fairy World. In…
Bay Area Readers, Do you have your tickets to the Monthly Rumpus on April 12th in San Francisco yet? Because Flavorpill really thinks you should. As does The iS Collection.…
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Polish cold war audio postcards? Yes please. A handsome Chinese vagrant is getting attention for his swagger and sense of style. (via Bearman) Best headline of the day? “On Bones…
A NIGHT TOGETHER: Presented by The Rumpus, Tin House and Flavorpill On April 6, The Rumpus, Tin House and Flavorpill joined forces and presented a night of fiction, music, comedy…
“Sherod Santos’s poems demonstrate profound, unwavering discipline, a restless ear, and a commitment to witness. He is serious but never pompous, substantial without being ponderous.” Barbara Berman reviews Sherod Santos’s…