Notable San Francisco: 4/10–4/16
Literary events in and around the Bay Area this week!
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Posts Tagged: sloane crosley
Notable NYC: 7/28–8/3
Literary events in and around New York City this week!
...moreNotable NYC: 5/5–5/11
Literary events and readings in and around New York City this week!
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What to Read When You Want to Read Funny Women
Sometimes the truth hurts. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t have to hear it, and all the better if we can couch those painful truths amid laughter.
...moreNotable NYC: 4/21–4/27
Literary events and readings in and around New York City this week!
...moreNotable Los Angeles: 4/16–4/22
Literary events and readings in and around L.A. this week!
...moreNotable San Francisco: 4/11–4/17
Literary events and readings in and around the Bay Area this week!
...moreNotable Twin Cities: 4/8–4/14
Literary events and readings in and around the Twin Cities this week!
...moreNotable NYC: 3/31–4/6
Literary events and readings in and around New York City this week!
...moreNotable NYC: 6/18–6/24
Saturday 6/18: Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus discuss So Close. BookCourt, 4 p.m., free. Sarah-Jane Stratford launches Radio Girls and discusses it with Allison Amend. KGB, 7 p.m., free. Sunday 6/19: Esmé Weijun Wang talks discusses her new novel The Border of Paradise with Porochista Khakpour. BookCourt, 7 p.m., free. Monday 6/20: Rob Spillman, Bernice […]
...moreNew Year, New Reading List
When Esquire released a list of “The 80 Best Books Every Man Should Read,” the magazine provoked ire and excoriation. But hey, at least Esquire has recognized its mistake. For its new list of “80 Books Every Person Should Read,” the magazine consulted women readers who know what they’re talking about, from authors like Lauren Groff […]
...more“The Necklace” and The Clasp
All at once there is nothing funny, but something all too sad and true, in this highly comic, highly affecting novel. Over at the New York Times Sunday Book Review, author Julia Pierpont reviews Sloane Crosley’s first novel The Clasp, drawing comparisons to Guy de Maupassant’s short story, “The Necklace.”
...moreSad Stuff on the Street
Sad Stuff on the Street is exactly it sounds like, pictures of sad stuff (like the broken rainbow umbrella above) on the street. Started by Greg Larson and Sloane Crosley (a short back-story of the site can be found here, and a longer version here), it’s pretty much our new favorite blog. The best part? […]
...moreCorduroy for Fops and Fly Girls
Today, 11/11, is Corduroy Appreciation Day. In honor of this wonderfully waled fabric, the Corduroy Appreciation Club is holding a Grand Meeting at the Old American Can Factory with keynote speaker author Sloane Crosley. I’m not sure whether corduroy gentleman Wes Anderson will be in attendance. But he and fellow filmmaker Noah Baumbach were in […]
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