LaToya Jordan
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Notable New York, This Week 2/28-3/06
This week in New York the 92nd Street Y focuses on “Literature and Revolution in the Middle East,” readings from Granta and Flatmancrooked, the Third Annual Chapbook Festival, Kevin Young reads from his new collection, and First Saturday at the…
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Notable New York, This Week 2/21-2/27
This week in New York Joyce Carol Oates reads at the 92nd Street Y, a reading from the first book about WikiLeaks, the How I Learned Series presents readings on therapy, the Festival of New French Writing, the Gender Outlaws…
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SXSW: Lack of Female Comedians
Seems as though SXSW is also experiencing a public look into gender disparity, like the literary world has recently been doing since the VIDA Count was released (nice round-up by Brian Spears here). Comedy fans were not pleased by the…
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
Are submissions the life’s blood of a magazine? Or readers? “The Help” is suing. “To foreshadow anything is weak. It is like a boxer stalling for the bell,” writing advice from L. Ron Hubbard. (via) A review of Stanley Fish’s…
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Is Reading Overrated?
“Let’s take the following, by way of almost random example, from Charles Kingsley: ‘Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book.’ Gosh. Any living man? Any book? Nothing else can compete? Flowers? Sunsets? Palladian villas? Pastrami…
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Notable New York, This Week 2/14-2/20
This week in New York spend your Valentine’s Day at Six-Word Story Slam on Love & Heartbreak or hearing dark and twisted love stories at Housing Works; Michael Cunningham, Mary Gaitskill, Zadie Smith, and others get together to talk retreats…
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The Best Literary Pick-Up Lines
It’s upon us. We can talk about how much we hate Valentine’s day and how it’s a manufactured-greeting-card-capitalist holiday until we’re red in the face. Or we can use this holiday to our advantage and parlay the red hearts and…
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Would You Go Back to 1973?
“Here’s the thought experiment of the day: If you could be transported back to 1900 with your current income, would you take the deal? The answer is almost certainly no. Sure, your current income would go a hell of a…
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Notable New York, This Week 2/07-2/13
This week in New York actors celebrate Tennessee Williams at the 92nd Street Y, poets celebrate Elizabeth Bishop, pre-Valentine’s Day advice from love gurus at Speed Shrinking, Major Jackson reads his poetry, novelists discuss the future of the novel, and…
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Helping the Descendants of Henrietta Lacks
“I first envisioned it as a foundation for education, but I realized that the people who were affected the most were her kids, and they needed some medical care and dental care,” Ms. Skloot said from her home in Chicago.…
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Judging a Book by Its Cover
I’ll admit that I’ve used cover art as a deciding factor in purchasing or not purchasing a book. For instance, I do not buy books that have had their covers changed due to a movie tie-in. This week’s lesson on…
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Notable New York, This Week 1/31-2/06
This week in New York lots of literary events to make you forget that you’re not going to be at AWP: authors Maxine Hong Kingston and Leslie Marmon Silko introduced by Toni Morrison at the 92nd Street Y, Bomb Magazine…