January 2012
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JK, you guys.
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“Not everyone wants you to save them. Or be in your hypothetical band.”
– Ivyland, Miles Klee.
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"(“O.M.G.” said Kat Dennings at this... →
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“I must admit I was initially put off by the book’s marketing juggernaut,...”
– Nathanael West biographist Joe Woodward on Joan Didion’s Blue Nights.
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December 2011
“From that point onward I never worked a regular office job again, solely writing...”
– Lucking Out, James Wolcott
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"Most people were nursing $2 Brooklyn Lagers,... →
millionsmillions party report:
Occupy! The Book by Rachel Hurn
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Justin Taylor on IVYLAND
orbooks:
Ivyland is a harsh, spastic novel about drug-addled misfits clawing their way through a wrecked future that feels disconcertingly familiar. As if that wasn’t enough, it’s also got evil caterpillars, flung jellyfish, great prose, new drugs, sharp jokes, a stolen ice cream truck and a miracle tree. — Justin Taylor
Pre-order I V Y L A N D here (and get 20% off if you order it before...
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November 2011
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“I don’t think traditional publishing is breaking down. I think it’s...”
– John Oakes.
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silver lining
Matt and his dad can talk for hours about football alone, and most Sundays, I’m bemused (and enraged) when the phone rings and I hear it go on and on. Today’s conversation has segued into the Penn State scandal, and he’s in another room now, ignoring the game (!), dissecting their mutual outrage (about everything but the firing, obviously). I wonder if this is happening between other...
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Uncovering fraud in the international adoption... →
Blue Nights, Joan Didion →
lazybookreviews:
I do not think it shares the quality of her previous works of non-fiction. It is not, however, the sort of book it seems appropriate to critique, so I have no interest in attempting it.
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“Aw, he’s gotten so big!”
“Yeah. He’s growing like a weed.”
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October 2011
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"When I began seriously reading Joan Didion, in my... →
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'Peter and the Starcatcher' Flying to Broadway |... →
popculturebrain:
They’re shooting for a spring opening.
Yes.
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