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From the monthly archives: December 2011

A year of favorites: Tobias’s Best Of 2011

On December 19, 2011 By Tobias Carroll

Morning Bites: Václav Havel and the Velvet Underground, OWS Party, best historical fiction, shoegaze archives, and more

On December 19, 2011 By Jason Diamond

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The Sunday Stories of 2011: Part Three

On December 18, 2011 By Tobias Carroll

Posted by Tobias Carroll

For the last month of 2011, we’ll be looking back at the year in Sunday Stories: providing excerpts from, and links to, some of the stories and essays featured on Vol.1 this year. This week: explorations of distant cities, other countries, subcultures, alternate histories, and more. If you’d like to view the complete list or submit a story or essay for consideration, please do so.

“Obviously, The Huffer got his nickname because he would huff anything to get high — permanent markers and model airplane glue being his favorites. The Huffer would [...]
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Indexing: Hodgman & Balzac, NYRB Classics, William Faulkner disciples, Walton Ford, Martin Amis, and more

On December 17, 2011 By Tobias Carroll

A roundup of things consumed by our contributors.

Jason Diamond

I went to Walton Ford’s opening at the Paul Kasmin Gallery a month or so ago, and became pretty obsessed with his work. I guess I’m including this because the exhibition closes on December 23rd, and if you’re in New York, I want you all to see it.
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Christopher Hitchens died for your free drinks

On December 16, 2011 By Jason Diamond

Posted by Jason Diamond

I’m willing to guess that if Hitchens was wrong about the not believing in God stuff, the last thing he wants to see is a drink you placed outside of his apartment to commemorate his passing.

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Afternoon Bites: Martha Grover, Bellevue Literary Press, Brian Wood, and more

On December 16, 2011 By Tobias Carroll

FSG’s Work in Progress has a fairly massive list of “best of 2011″ lists, including contributions from the likes of Amelia Gray, Sheila Heti, Justin Taylor, Ryan Chapman, and more.
At the Portland Mercury, Alison Hallett on Martha Grover’s One More For the People: “it’s never self-pitying, and it provides a totally fascinating window into what it’s like to be young and sick.” New York had some kind things to say about Bellevue Literary Press in their latest issue. Sunday Stories alumnus Courtney Maum has an essay in Tin House on the importance of readings. [...]
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Pledge your support to Best Music Writing

On December 16, 2011 By Jason Diamond

Posted by Jason Diamond

As Toby mentioned a little over a week ago, Best Music Writing is going indie and could use your support. The best way to do that: be the person to donate $5,000 dollars to the cause at their Kickstarter*.

*If you can’t afford 5K, they will gladly take one dollar.

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Your dose of The Fugs

On December 16, 2011 By Jason Diamond

Posted by Jason Diamond

Fug You: An Informal History of the Peace Eye Bookstore, the Fuck You Press, The Fugs, and Counterculture in the Lower East Side is out, and while I have not had a chance to read it (I’m guessing it would have maybe ended up on my Best Of list), there’s a whole lot of good press going on for it, including Royal Young talking to chief Fug Ed Sanders at Interview:

The Vietnam War was like a wound that would never heal. No matter how much we partied, made records, performed, ran [...]
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