June 2010
12 posts
“so the novelist is always working with at least three languages. there is the...”
– james wood, how fiction works.
“the novelist is more like a pregnant woman who delivers her own child unaided. a...”
– david mitchell refutes a comparison between writers and midwives, the paris review summer 2010.
winner!
aloneinkioto was the first to correctly guess lush life by richard price. in addition to gritty novels, richard price also writes for movies and tv, including the wire, one of my favorite shows.
if you’re also a lover of literature and the wire, check out this analysis of the dickensian aspects of the show.
book giveaway.
the bookcase in my tiny nyc apartment is stuffed to the gills right now and i do not have room for a second bookcase. help me out! solve the anagram below and i will mail you the book. be sure to add your email address along with your guess so that i can coordinate shipping information. first correct reply wins.
author: raricrcpehid
title: fluelfihs
what’s your guess?
five must-read books on soccer →
i have the futbol fever.
Offline Book "Lending" Costs U.S. Publishers... →
(via picketwire)
this is fantastic. our bookswaps are apparently renegade activities. contraband materials! and libraries? dens of sin and thievery.
Saturday! 10am to 6pm!
housingworksbookstore:
Crosby Street (between Houston and Prince) closes for thousands of $1 books, movies, records, and CDs. Plus food, beer, live music, $20 “all-you-can-stuff” bags of clothing and accessories from the Housing Works Warehouse, and much more from Housing Works SoHo Thrift Shop!
Live Music Schedule: 1pm The Maybelles 3pm The Woes 5pm The Bowmans
don't miss out on the book swap tonight!
hope to see you at the library bar on avenue a at 7p.
the new yorker's "20 under 40" list
booksinthekitchen:
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 32; Chris Adrian, 39; Daniel Alarcón, 33; David Bezmozgis, 37; Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, 38; Joshua Ferris, 35; Jonathan Safran Foer, 33; Nell Freudenberger, 35; Rivka Galchen, 34; Nicole Krauss, 35; Yiyun Li, 37; Dinaw Mengestu, 31; Philipp Meyer, 36; C. E. Morgan, 33; Téa Obreht, 24; Z Z Packer, 37; Karen Russell, 28; Salvatore Scibona, 35; Gary...