Notable NYC: 11/2–11/8
Saturday 11/2: Jim Tolan, Cecilia Woloch and Sean Thomas Dougherty read as part of Poetry Night, hosted by Tolan. BookCourt, 7pm, free. Juliet Escoria, Sean H. Dolye, Andrew Worthington, Kendra…
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Teju Cole on Lagos
When I’m in the US, I argue with those who think Lagos is too dangerous a place to visit….I’m less defensive about Lagos when I’m actually there. After a few…
What Artist is the Focus of Your Unconditional Affection?
A few days ago, writer Teju Cole posed a question to his Twitter followers: “One living writer or musician as the focus of your unconditional affection. Someone all of whose…
Seven Short Stories About Drones
“Mrs Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself. Pity. A signature strike leveled the florist’s.” This and six other “short stories” (i.e., tweets) about drones by Teju Cole are…
Sandy Hates Books
Hurricane Sandy hates books, according to the name of a relief fundraiser at the powerHouse arena in Brooklyn this Saturday. Although it seems unwise to anger Sandy any further (and…
“My American Dream Sounds Like Blackstar”
Teju Cole writes for NPR about how Mos Def and Talib Kweli’s collaborative project Black Star perfectly encapsulates the experience of living in New York: “But, shorn of musical accompaniment, we also…
“Poet of the Disregarded”
At The Book Bench, Teju Cole reviews Across the Land and the Water, the first major volume of poems by W. G. Sebald. Walking us through the collection, Cole sheds light…