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Will Sarah Palin Ever Run Out of Scapegoats?14 comments

catsworking wrote 2 weeks ago: By Adele Short answer? No. And Oprah Winfrey walked on eggs trying not to become the next one. Sarah … more →

Tags: American Politics, Barack Obama, Barbara Walters, going rogue, John McCain, katie couric palin interview, levi johnston playgirl, Oprah Palin interview, Rush Limbaugh

McCain Aides: Palin Book 'Total Fiction,' McCain 'A Bit Disappointed' By It

sarahpalintruthsquad wrote 2 weeks ago: Sarah Palin's Going Rogue Republican Sen. John McCain, who lifted former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin … more →

Tags: Sarah Palin Going Rogue: An American Life, Alaska, Charlie Gibson, going rogue, John McCain, Katie Couric, Lynn Vincent, Nicolle Wallace, Sarah Palin

Vladimir Nabokov: Lolita & Humbert Humbert, Flora-Laura & Hubert H. Hubert

pjlr wrote 3 weeks ago: Michiko Kakutani has written an interesting review entitled “In a Sketchy Hall of Mirrors, Nab … more →

Tags: Links, Nothing Is Invisible, Culture, Education, Literature, film, The New York Times, Wikipedia, Vladimir Nabokov

October writing links4 comments

elizabeth wrote 1 month ago: Hello, reader. Here’s a little tidbit for you: I’m a mad documenter of the past. This, n … more →

Tags: writers on writing, lit bits, Current Events, Journalism, inspiration/ideas, John Irving, Oprah, richard powers, Annie Dillard

Bites: Book Review Highlights, Kakutani Two-Step, Required Reading, the Millennials, and Why Our Media is Getting Scolded

Willa A. Cmiel wrote 1 month ago: Rubens, Peter Paul. “The Three Graces” (1639) Celebrated artist of the female form, Peter Paul Ruben … more →

Tags: bITes, New Yorker, The Rumpus, the millions, Malcolm Gladwell, Michael Chabon, Lists, David Foster Wallace, Comics

Forget Frankfurt! Bookcamp Vancouver 2009 is Here!

Sean Cranbury wrote 1 month ago: BOOKCAMP VANCOUVER 2009: FRIDAY OCTOBER 16: SFU HARBOUR CENTRE Exploring New Ideas in Books, Publish … more →

Tags: BookCamp Vancouver 2009, Industry Change, Bookcamp, BookCamp Vancouver, Forget Frankfurt, Harry Potter, New York Times Book Review, NYT, russian vodka

A Gate at the Stairs2 comments

kristyn wrote 2 months ago: A quiet Sunday morning.  Trees, a blue sky with a few clouds (my sister could tell you what kind), b … more →

Tags: Books, A Gate at the Stairs, Jonathan Lethem, Lorrie Moore

Lorrie Moore's Talent, and Her M.O.

sonyachung wrote 3 months ago: 2 September 2009 Michiko Kakutani likes Lorrie Moore’s new book, A Gate at the Stairs, in whic … more →

Tags: the writing life, Lorrie Moore

'A Gate at the Stairs' is good, but is it great?1 comment

Diane wrote 3 months ago: Oh how I love it when the New York Times serves up decidedly different takes on the same book in its … more →

Tags: Books, NYT, Book Reviews, Newsweek, NY Times, A Gate at the Stairs, Lorrie Moore, Jonathan Lethem, malcolm jones

Fucking Shit

brainistheweapon wrote 5 months ago: Hi Kids, You all look as gay as you were yesterday.  Today I got high while at work and went into th … more →

Tags: Tim Winton, Breath, The Slap, Angus, robertson

Balloon Cotton Bush Published!

brainistheweapon wrote 5 months ago: Today I recieved an email from Matt Poricelli advising me that Balloon Cotton Bush had been publishe … more →

Tags: Small Dogma, Balloon Cotton Bush, Dominic Ward, writer, Novel, Experimental, published, Matt Poricelli, Hussey

Overheated Prose Award: Wolffe on Obama in the NYT

owenstrachan wrote 6 months ago: Every once in a while, you come across some prose so overheated, you can’t resist calling atte … more →

Tags: overheated prose award, Barack Obama, michael wolffe, secret service, Renegade: The Making of a President, overheated prose

OPEN LETTER: Nabisco French Onion Wheat Thins2 comments

skelwell wrote 7 months ago: Some of the fan base are bitching that my VS. deathmatch format is all we ever do around here.  They … more →

Tags: open letter, French Onion Wheat Thins, Nabisco, wheat thins

Translation fest in the Guardian

exchangesjournal wrote 9 months ago: Both Three Percent and the Literary Saloon have expressed delight and amazement at the suddenly incr … more →

Tags: New Books in Translation, international literature, Three Percent, Stefan Zweig, jonathan littell, Jonathan Lyons, Adam Thirlwell, curzio malaparte, John Banville

On Greatness, weirdness, women and why books matter

offthepresses wrote 9 months ago: Briefly, some disconnected writings I’ve enjoyed. Michiko Kakutani on Jonathon Littell * I can … more →

Tags: Marjane Satrapi, Jonathon Littell, Phillip Gourevitch, Adam Gopnik, France, NYU

Even dead writers get the blues.5 comments

Marco Sparks wrote 10 months ago: “The first draft of everything is shit.” -Ernest Hemingway. “The first thing I do … more →

Tags: People who have faces that look like Halloween masks., Mad Linkage, Net Fu, Doing It Right/Doing It Wrong, Literature, art is hard, Books, Magic Words, DANCE, DANCE, DANCE

The (d)evolution of an era4 comments

Chris H. wrote 10 months ago: Michiko Kakutani (NY Times) has an excellent review out on the new Verducci-Torre book, The Yankee Y … more →

Tags: Alex Rodriguez, Joe Torre, A-ROD, yankees, Steinbrenner, New York, Tom Verducci, book, the yankee years

Quality of Life1 comment

Adrián Jiménez wrote 11 months ago: Lush Life, by Richard Price Lush Life by Richard Price pub. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008 “So, wha … more →

Tags: Book Review, richard price, Lush Life, NYPD, Lower East Side

Ghosts10 comments

Rodger Jacobs wrote 1 year ago: Photo: Jack Levine, Very Vintage Vegas The plastic-laminated business card with the header that read … more →

Tags: Ghosts of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Death and dying, North Las Vegas, North Las Vegas Boulevard, Cary Stayner, Desert Memorial, Ghosts


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