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Morning Bites: Stop Calling It Presidents’ Day, Anthony Shadid Excerpt, Adam Wilson, And More

On February 20, 2012 By Jason Diamond

A Night At the Franklin Park Reading Series

On February 14, 2012 By Tobias Carroll

Morning Bites: John Jeremiah Sullivan fever, Ben Marcus on Other People, Tinseltown rare book nerds, and more

On February 13, 2012 By Jason Diamond

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The Week in Reviews: Ben Marcus, Lana Del Rey, dead presidents, and more

On January 27, 2012 By Tobias Carroll

A weekly appreciation for the art of the review.
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Morning Bites: Poe’s birthday, The male novelist, Ben Marcus on NPR, post-Wikipedia blackout, and more

On January 19, 2012 By Jason Diamond

Edgar Allan Poe was born on this day in 1809.
What did the Wikipedia blackout accomplish? Teddy Wayne on “The agony of the male novelist” at Salon. Elizabeth Bishop’s paintings. Rich Cohen, Joshua Cohen, and (as far as we can tell) no other people named Cohen are involved in a book called Jewish Jocks. Ben Marcus talks about The Flame Alphabet on All Things Considered.
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Ben Marcus and the dystopia avalanche of 2012

On January 3, 2012 By Jason Diamond

Posted by Jason Diamond

The bad news: the world is a total mess right now, and since it’s 2012, you will be reminded every day until late December that the world is suppoed to end this year.

The good news that comes from that sense of impending doom: there’s no lack of dystopian literature. As of the 3rd day of the new year, Miles Klee’s Ivyland and The Flame Alphabet by Ben Marucs look like they’re going to be at the top of the “Books About Things Going to Shit” list in 362 days, and that makes us very happy.

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Afternoon Bites: Helen DeWitt, “The Chairs Are Where The People Go,” Ben Marcus, and more

On December 20, 2011 By Tobias Carroll

Ben Marcus’s “Advice from Pooh Corner” can now be read on his site.
Big Other features another batch of smart folks, including Penina Roth and Dawn Raffel, talking about their favorite things from 2011. If you’re curious about Misha Glouberman and Sheila Heti’s The Chairs Are Where The People Go, the LA Review of Books has a review of and a podcast about the book in question. The Outlet reports from the Portland, Oregon release party for Martha Grover’s One More for the People. Helen DeWitt’s excellent first novel The Last Samurai is [...]
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Indexing: Michael Kimball, Ben Marcus, Caryn Rose, Rimbaud, and more

On August 27, 2011 By Tobias Carroll

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A year and a half ago, I was reading Lev Grossman’s The Magicians in trade paperback. Looking at the very back page, I saw an ad teasing the sequel, The Magician King. Initially, I wasn’t sure what to think: The Magicians was as much a meditation on certain fantasy tropes as a satisfying work on its own. Could Grossman sustain that for a second book? As it turns out, that’s not at all what’s going on with the sequel in question. Though references to everything from The Once and Future King to The Venture [...]
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