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Dialing In To More Manhood

mesnyder111 wrote 5 days ago: So, as anyone can see from my previous post, it’s time for me to read something that, well, fe … more →

Tags: book, essays, Manhood for Amateurs, Michael

Current Reads November '09

darkcargo wrote 3 weeks ago: Duncan listened to Revelation Space etc by Alstair Reynolds; he’s on the third in that series … more →

Tags: Viehl, Lovecraft, bujold, Robert Charles Wilson, Alastair Reynolds, czerneda, lisanne norman, Dresden

A PULP Preface, 2.0

dleray wrote 1 month ago: PULPable is where the many points on the graph of cultural modernity bubble just beneath the surface … more →

Tags: Chandler, warhol, Bowie, Pulp, Modernism, Post-modernism, pulpable, Penny Dreadful, dylan

Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon 4.75/5

exereaders wrote 1 month ago: We all enjoyed this book and would recommend it – such unanimity! To those unaware of the comi … more →

Tags: Twentieth Century, War, Comics, Dali, Dogs, World War 2

It's Monday! What am I reading? The J. Crew Catalog! 2 comments

tolmsted wrote 2 months ago: First, here’s the link back to J. Kaye’s meme. Second, I’m obsessed with the J. Cr … more →

Tags: Update, Book Discussion, Books, What am I reading?, it's monday, J Crew, vintage, Steinbeck, Fashion

Book Review: The Yiddish Policemen's Union

zentner1984 wrote 2 months ago: Michael Chabon’s novel, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union is potentially one of the best alt … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Yiddish Policemens Union, Jew, Jewish, Alaska, Yiddish

Review of Gentlemen of the Road

John Walsh wrote 3 months ago: Two men, the melancholic Zelikman and the I suppose choleric Amram, join forces on the road and go t … more →

Tags: Review, Jews with Swords

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

silverseason wrote 3 months ago: I never aspired to read a 650-page book about two guys who create comic books, but I enjoyed every w … more →

Tags: Authors, History, Books, Comic Book

8/11 updates

abstract366 wrote 3 months ago: updated – Inez & Charlie, 3-sentence short story Great bday.  Cat show, people watching.   … more →

Tags: Daily, Comics, kavalier & clay, Kavalier and Clay, Man on Wire, petit, wirewalkers, World Trade Center, wtc

Entertainment

robertcinnamon wrote 3 months ago: I make no apologies for once again speaking of Mr Michael Chabon and quoting him at length. It turns … more →

Tags: Bloggage, DoughReighMeagh, Asphalt Orchestra, Ballet, cuba, Entertainment, jerry springer

The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (Redux)

tolmsted wrote 4 months ago: Let’s start with Michael Chabon.  Being a fan of all things Sherlock Holmes, I read “The … more →

Tags: Fiction, G8, Mystery fiction, Mystery, Sherlock Holmes, detective, Novel, Yiddish Policemens Union, A Slight Trick of the Mind

Aquinas on the Wilderness of Childhood

everydaythomist wrote 4 months ago: This article by Michael Chabon in the most recent edition of the New York Review of Books somewhat n … more →

Tags: Virtue, Childhood, habit, New York Review of Books, Wilderness

Creative Writing & The Money Myth

markrbailey wrote 4 months ago: Creative Writing What is creative writing?  Opening to an idea, following where it leads, exploring … more →

Tags: write now, Literary, write, Creative, Persistence, Johnson

Michael Chabon -- The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay7 comments

Jonathan Birch wrote 6 months ago: It’s 1939. Joe Kavalier and Sammy Clay are young Jews in New York. Joe is a Czech newly evacua … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Chabon, Michael, escapism, Fiction, Holocaust, Jewish, kavalier&clay, Myth, newyork

Poetic License

khorosanluna wrote 7 months ago: What’s good for the goose may be good for the gander, but that doesn’t mean poetic licen … more →

Tags: Movies, Literature, crowe, Mirren, washington dc

Vive le Genre!

tolmsted wrote 8 months ago: Lately there has been a renewed interest in genre fiction. Whether it’s Stephen King’s l … more →

Tags: Short Story, Fiction, Literature & Fiction, G8, Horror Fiction, Mystery fiction, sci-fi/fantasy, Pérez-Reverte, Mystery

Literary Buzz; Love for Short Stories

verbalarchitecture wrote 8 months ago: Let's set this city ablaze!As a relative newcomer to the world of literature, I’m no expert on … more →

Tags: Books, Fiction, A-Roid, A-Fraud, Pay-Rod, Wells Tower, Shirley Jackson

Summerland

Toubab wrote 9 months ago: I just finished reading my fourth Michael Chabon book, Summerland.  I have recently read The Yiddish … more →

Tags: book, Review, Summerland

Murder, Mystery and Chess

David J Single wrote 9 months ago: The U.S state of Alaska is famous for its salmon, its forestry industry and its beautiful wilderness … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Yiddish, Alaska, murder, policemen, Chess


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