February 2009
21 posts
“i don’t write books for people to be friends with the characters. if you want to...”
– zoe heller.
not much sympathy for zoe heller's characters, but... →
“he has, if the truth be told, been putting it off for months: the moment when he...”
– j.m. coetzee, disgrace.
“affection may not be love, but it is at least its cousin.”
– j.m. coetzee, disgrace.
Tumblr Book Swap: Recap
52books:
We had a great turnout last night to NYC tumblr books swap part deux. Here’s the attendance list:
Laura: 52books
Bailey: paperbackgirl
Ryan: thebronzemedal
Sophie: sleepanddream
Stephanie: zayile
Jay: bagcoffee
Paul: berezina
Nechema: nechamaelle
Mark: markyb
Catherine: icanmakewaffles
Kat: katoleary
Vanessa: vanessafleming
Kevin: fatmanatee
Stephanie:...
swap
i’m getting to art bar early to stake out some space for the group so that we aren’t practically sitting on each other like last time. if anyone else is able to get there around six come on over and keep me company :) drop me an email so i know to look for you.
“Like most novelists, I like to do exactly the opposite of what I’m told.”
– Murakami defies protests to accept Jerusalem prize | guardian.co.uk (via youarenotilliterate)
reading under the influence →
lucky, lucky residents of chicago.
i find it hilarious that salman rushdie is on... →
“i am what you have made me. take all the praise, take all the blame; take all...”
– charles dickens, great expectations. i like to re-read this every few years.
sontag--the precocious years →
You might say there are two kinds of writers: those who keep a journal in the hope that its contents might someday be published, and those who do not keep a journal for fear that its contents might someday be published. In other words, no journal-keeping by a writer who harbors any sort of ambition is going to be entirely innocent. The complicated, somewhat voyeuristic thrill the reader might...
harry potter author knighted in france →
Forget the millions of sales and the cabinet groaning with prizes. JK Rowling has just received the biggest honour of her career to date: she’s been knighted by France.
French president Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday bestowed the title of knight of France’s prestigious Legion of Honour on the Harry Potter author at a ceremony in the Elysée presidential palace. “You’ve helped...
interview with junot diaz.
Junot Diaz and his extraordinary second book, the Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, have had an exceptional past year. In addition to critical acclaim and commercial success, Diaz won the Pulitzer prize for his work and quickly ascended to rock star status in the literary world. This past weekend i was lucky enough to trade emails with him from his current book tour stop in Cartagena, Colombia. I...
“new expression for the joy you experience from reading—shelf pleasure!”
– vanessa
three pages a day →
remembering john updike’s permanent present tense.