October 2010
26 posts
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Oct 28th
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“Books give esthetic and tactile pleasure, from the dust jacket art to the...”
– on the sensuality of books.
Oct 27th
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literary links!
How Twitter Made Handwriting Cool The NYT asked students if they would trade their paper books for e-versions. Rick Moody tweets about the future of books. You should really join The Rumpus Book Club. This month’s book was 1,030 pages and thicker than a beer can. I’ve gone from excited to terrified about NaNoWriMo. Booker Prize-winning author speaks her mind and faces sedition...
Oct 27th
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Oct 26th
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Oct 26th
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Oct 26th
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Oct 25th
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Oct 24th
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Oct 24th
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Oct 24th
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“some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. life is about...”
– gilda radner, via
Oct 23rd
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Oct 22nd
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Oct 22nd
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Oct 21st
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Oct 21st
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literary links!
The Rise and Fall of Woody Allen (as seen through his use and misuse of punctuation) How Moleskine Bet on Paper and Won Classic Children’s Book Covers, Then and Now Literary Sandwiches! The Future of the Book is both interesting and frightening. On Conciseness I’m so excited for NaNoWriMo. The Importance of Handwriting Traveling with Tintin A Google translator that can handle...
Oct 20th
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Oct 18th
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it's decorative gourd season, motherfuckers. →
from McSweeney’s, of course.
Oct 18th
“welcome to the world, sint maarten!”
– this week, a country was born.
Oct 17th
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“The novel was invented not to transcribe reality, but to transform it, to do...”
– 2010 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Mario Vargas Llosa
Oct 17th
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Oct 16th
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“The ‘Narcopolis’ of the title is (Old) Bombay of the late 1970s and the novel’s...”
– I can’t wait to read this first novel by Jeet Thayli.
Oct 16th
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Oct 16th
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Oct 16th
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“Never mistake motion for action.”
– Hemingway
Oct 16th
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TYPEWAR: a font game →
Oct 16th