Dec
1
Jonathan Tropper: One Last Thing Before I Go
December 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment
This new book from Jonathan Tropper, One Last Thing Before I Go, is one of the funniest books I have read in a long time. Actually the last Tropper book I read – This is Where I Leave You – was also a laugh out loud joy to read. His nebbish main character is amazingly [...]
Apr
4
What’s Bookish In The Pink Light Of Spring?
April 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment
…An eternal poem etched on the roads of a town, a novelist who took a 1,100-mile solo hike along the Pacific Crest Trail and lived to tell the tale, an NPR word nerdy piece that references my favorite book as a child…
Mar
21
The Ladies.
March 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Women’s history month is interesting this year with all the intense controversy regarding women’s reproductive rights. It’s clear, even in these modern times, that our rights are seriously in question. Thankfully, in the land of literature, women are considered equals and this is simply just a fact now. Here are a few prime examples from [...]
Mar
13
Orwell Comes To Life
March 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment
If you know me, you know I love George Orwell. I even named my cat Orwell. So, I am biased, however, I think you may agree that this is one of the most brilliant “documentaries” on an author (or anyone at all for that matter). Treat yourself to it now: For 95 Minutes, the BBC [...]
Mar
6
I’ve saved up so many links this week to share with you – I am not sure where to start. How about another list-y style post? Two Bookish Videos: 1. Come on All You Ghosts Matthew Zapruder reads poetry selections at LitQuake in San Francisco. 2. The identity of The Rumpus’ own Sugar of “Dear [...]
Mar
2
And she said: Shitty First Drafts are good.
March 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Happy March readers! I’ve been doing some manuscript review work for author clients lately and this article by Anne Lamott always comes to mind when I am reading first drafts – mainly because it does take some bravery to place your work in someone’s hands, and it also takes bravery to offer advice to folks [...]
Feb
18
Things You Can Do With Books
February 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Things You Can Do With Books, and other tales…
Feb
11
What Does Terminology Have To Do With It?
February 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment
We like to watch for memes. Here’s a recent one (and a funny one!)… FUCK YOUR NOGUCHI COFFEE TABLE Also, a thoughtful piece on the term “e-book” (is it the “horseless carriage” of our times?)… Technology Time Lines by David Wilk of Booktrix E-books are to books what horseless carriages are [...]
Feb
4
Morality Tales and “random bullshit” from Cyberlandia…
February 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Here are a few goodies from our friends in book related cyberlandia – The following “Publishing Talk” introduces us to John Sundman, a free thinking visionary blogging at Wetmachine, a blog that self-describes as covering such diverse brainiac topics as “software praxis, technoparanoia, the craft of writing, self-publishing, politics, and random bullshit….” – Publishing [...]
Jan
26
Confederacy of Funny
January 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment
“Any fool can make you cry,” English novelist Howard Jacobson once stated in an interview. “If I want to see what a writer’s made of, I say, ‘Go on, make me laugh!’” Laughter. There’s never too much. This is why compiling a short list of funny books to read (or re-read) over the coming year is [...]