Celebrate The Anniversary Of A Wonderful Book
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…
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Everything that can’t be categorized but is still wonderful!
April’s Rumpus
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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PEN American Center is a literary and human rights organization made up of readers and writers. Become a member of PEN today and join us in our fight to defend…
Morning Coffee
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
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…
“Though I don’t recall her mentioning God”
“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…
Breathe Folks, Scrabble Isn’t Changing
Yesterday the world (well, the world that loves wordy boardgames) lit up when it was reported that proper nouns were going to be allowed in Scrabble. Turns out that’s not the…
Best of the Web
Looking for the the best writing on the Internet? Dzanc Books is publishing a collection of online writing in book from called The Best of the Web and there will…
Morning Coffee
How about some rad London street art that is not by Banksy to start your day. If you should find yourself in Oklahoma, perhaps you would like to check out…
Pimp Flow Chart
First, a question. If you were a proprietor of a criminal organization with a cliched (and apparently universal) flamboyant aesthetic, don’t you think that you might one day decide to…
Morning Coffee
Propeller Mag has been collecting the various terrible covers for Karel Capek‘s super great War With the Newts. An affront to human decency: proper nouns to be allowed in Scrabble.…
Notable San Francisco, This Week: 4/5-4/11
This week, get your literature on at Mission-famous events by Quiet Lightning, Sister Spit, and Literary Death Match, celebrate all things female at the San Francisco Women’s Film Festival, party…