Blogs about: Nicholson Baker
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Enough already
Sorry, Nicholson Baker, but I’ve had quite enough of this sort of thing: Ammon Shea, a sometime furniture mover, gondolier and word collector, has written an oddly inspiring book about reading t… more →
Charlottesville Words
Newsprint and lamination
judyct wrote 2 weeks ago: There were several good messages about Vinegar Syndrome and sources for additional information have … more →
BookExpo America (BEA) Previews
sonyachung wrote 1 month ago: 3 June 2009 BookExpo America wrapped up on Monday, and I’m still catching up on all the … more →
100 Novels: Let's Get Sort of Physical With Nicholson Baker's Vox
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theexile wrote 1 month ago: Nicholson Baker’s Vox (Vintage Contemporaries, 1993) made me want to cook. I finished reading … more →
Drawing clear lines
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antigerman wrote 2 months ago: Today’s battles 1. The Popular Front has been one of the great dead ends of the socialist move … more →
A book I read
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bobbycinnamon wrote 3 months ago: A few years ago I read a book. It was Double Fold, by Nicholson Baker, and it concerns the current … more →
Even dead writers get the blues.
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Marco Sparks wrote 5 months ago: “The first draft of everything is shit.” -Ernest Hemingway. “The first thing I do … more →
external chilli pain
passthepopcorn wrote 5 months ago: i’m recovering from a bluebottle sting. the water was beautiful and almost worth the pain. i … more →
Book Review: 'Human Smoke'...
markdowe wrote 6 months ago: HUMAN SMOKE HUMAN SMOKE by Nicholson Baker is underwritten as a book that cites the beginning of Wo … more →
Curse You Nicholson Baker Part Two
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jeremyjord wrote 7 months ago: Greetings Everyone, My plan to solve that nasty little conundrum mentioned in my last post. To start … more →
Curse You Nicholson Baker!
jeremyjord wrote 7 months ago: If you haven’t read Nicholson Baker’s essay “Discards”, please do go out and … more →
Public Academic Conversations for the Digital Age
heathercgeorge wrote 8 months ago: Recently I completed a research paper on the Nicholson Baker – Richard Cox newspaper preservation de … more →
The Mezzanine
hilbertthm90 wrote 10 months ago: I was going to do a massive post about my two days of no math post prelim whatever. I learned of a n … more →
the ploit against america
bradtyer wrote 11 months ago: FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW: “From A to Zyxt” READING THE OED One Man, One Ye … more →
Enough already
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Elizabeth wrote 11 months ago: Sorry, Nicholson Baker, but I’ve had quite enough of this sort of thing: Ammon Shea, a sometim … more →
Ammon Shea: Clearly Down With OED
The Wordanista wrote 11 months ago: War and Peace? That ain’t long! This Sunday’s New York Times Book Review examines Ammo … more →
Changes of mind
zero2inf wrote 12 months ago: After I watched the movie Schindler’s List, someone asked me if I could identify the event tha … more →
Citation! Shout it out! *
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Genneaux wrote 1 year ago: The things I get excited about these days… This is why I only have about 6 non-librarian frien … more →
Nicholson Baker. Human Smoke
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Ted Grimsrud wrote 1 year ago: Nicholson Baker. 567pp. Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization. New … more →
Human Smoke
nahnopenotquite wrote 1 year ago: Nicholson Baker’s new book, Human Smoke, is brilliant. It is a work of diligent scholarship, p … more →
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