May 2012
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Strand Books: Happy Birthday to us! →
strandbooks: (original photo by Katy Stoddard) That’s right. The Strand is celebrating its 85th birthday this week! If you’re in the New York area, come help us celebrate tonight. The party is going down from 5:00-6:30 up in our Rare Book Room on the 3rd floor. There will be cake! And champagne! (More…
May 31st
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Captain Ahab poked you: New Yorker contest...
thetinhouse: Just days ago on Facebook, Bartleby the Scrivener updated his status four times from an office in 19th Wall Street. On the same day, a hungry caterpillar described his busy schedule for metamorphosis on his own Facebook timeline. Sure, they may be literary creations – but that doesn’t mean they’re not adept at social networking. (Illustration by Matt Kish) Read More.  Was Ben...
May 25th
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Teddy Wayne: Interview With Rosecrans Baldwin,... →
How did French machismo compare to American machismo, as exemplified by your coworkers? I actually don’t think there is machismo in America, unless it’s the cowboy type — the silent, smoking brooder. Machismo requires Latin blood. I’d say I never experienced machismo up close until I worked in a French office; the typical Wall Street gunner has the soul of a coffee filter in comparison.
May 24th
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May 24th
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May 21st
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“Jim Shepard (You Think That’s Bad , Project X ): I have all sorts of little...”
– Super Sad True Habits of Highly Effective Writers: Part Two | Tin House (via housingworksbookstore)
May 20th
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May 18th
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The Leonard Lopate Show - Paris, I Love You but... →
Rosecrans Baldwin, interviewed on the occasion of a new book.
May 18th
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“We have lost two billion words. There is no way to sugarcoat this situation. Two...”
– McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Statement from the Chairman Regarding Recent Losses.
May 18th
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May 17th
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May 16th
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May 16th
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May 15th
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Found doodle: A Nervous Splendor
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May 15th
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May 15th
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May 14th
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May 13th
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Teddy Wayne: Sharing on the Internet : The New... →
May 13th
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May 12th
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May 12th
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May 12th
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“…according to a new study from researchers at Ohio State University, “when you...”
– — Alison Flood, “Can a fictional character take you over?” (via millionsmillions)
May 11th
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May 11th
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Care and Feeding of Yer Books | MetaFilter →
A book is a machine. For all the magic, mystique and awe that may surround it, the bound book is a machine. And like all machines, it will obey the laws of physics that have been built into it, whether or not they were what the binder intended. If a book was bound, rebound or repaired without regard to how all the parts work together to make the machine work, the laws of physics will...
May 11th
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Underlined passage: Mrs. Dalloway
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May 11th
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“Fuck them is what I say. I hate those e-books. They cannot be the future. They...”
– Maurice Sendak’s RIP (via katelancunningham)
May 10th
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May 10th
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May 9th
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Rhizome | A Conversation with Jonathan Lethem →
JM:  Have you ever tried to imagine what kind of career path you would have had without a culture of physical objects? JL: It’s really interesting because I do think of the procedural experience of having to dig, having to find out what, let’s say, all of those names in the back of Greil Marcus’ “Stranded” were. Now when I read that collection, I see it put together like his esoteric nod to...
May 9th
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Audio: Fiction Podcast: Matthew Klam reads “The... →
Matthew Klam reads Charles D’Ambrosio’s “The Point” and discusses it with The New Yorker’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. Listen to the mp3 on the player to the right, or right-click here to download. “The Point” was published in the October 1, 1990, issue of The New Yorker and was the title story of D’Ambrosio’s first collection. Matthew Klam’s most recent book of stories is “Sam the...
May 9th
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McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Acknowledgments. →
Thanks to Ann for the title; and Linda for the cover idea; and Katherine for the story that inspired Chapter One, and to Louise for the story that inspired Chapter Two; and to my next-door neighbor Maria, whom I have only met once or twice in the hallway, but who wrote the unproduced play whose table readings, in her apartment, late at night, with the windows open, gave me all the dialogue in...
May 9th
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“Kitsch mostly refers to an object that is slightly tacky, over-the-top and...”
– Kitsch pickings - FT.com
May 9th