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Afternoon Bites: The Harry Ransom Center, David Rees Sharpening Pencils, Granta Release Party, And More

On February 16, 2012 By Tobias Carroll

Afternoon Bites: Writers’ Ghosts, Granta, Joan Didion, and more

On October 31, 2011 By Tobias Carroll

Lit Crawling through NYC

On September 16, 2011 By Tobias Carroll

Posted by Jon Reiss

Last Saturday’s NYC Lit Crawl began at 6 PM in the East Village and ended at around 9 in the Lower East Side. The event, which was sponsored by likes of heavy lit-ters such as Granta, Harper Perennial and Craig from Craigslist, offered a smorgasbord of mainly light-hearted often-silly events. Bomb’s “Bomb-aoke” at Bowery Electric, for instance, promised a karaoke-meets interviews format where crawlers could take the stage, pretending to be one of the many artists interviewed by Bomb, and…say what they said into a microphone. FSG’s Nerd Jeopardy promised a [...]
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Bites: New Granta, Blake Butler Talks to Andrew Zornoza, Stephen King Rocks With The Cougar, Speaking Teabag, and More

On January 4, 2010 By Jason Diamond

Granta announced their next issue will be based around “Work”.
Over at Bookslut, Blake Butler has a conversation with Andrew Zornoza. Chris Farley is talked about. The new issue of Bookslut also has an interview with Daniel Nester. What do Stephen King, The Cougar, Neko Case, and Elvis Costello have in common? This musical. Learn to speak teabag. The Forward’s Sisterhood blog responds to Katie Roiphe’s article about male writers and sex writing.
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Bites: The Dantean inferno of Brooklyn, Dickens Christmas Bummer, Granta Picks, Todd P in Mexico, Best Metal, and More

On December 22, 2009 By Jason Diamond

I loved this Gawker quote about the “ironic trailer park” they are building in Bushwick: “Every year they add a new level to the Dantean inferno that is artistic living in Brooklyn.”

Lit.
“What a wonderful thing it is, that such a great success should occasion me such intolerable anxiety and disappointment!” Charles Dickens on A Christmas Carol. The Guardian discusses why the book didn’t give the writer a surplus of holiday cash. Taschen will bring you back to the glory days of Playboy Magazine for about a thousand [...]
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Best of 2009: Books

On December 18, 2009 By Jason Diamond

Tobias Carroll’s picks

Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem
Midnight Picnic by Nick Antosca
Scorch Atlas by Blake Butler
AM/PM by Amelia Gray
Lowboy by John Wray
The Other City by Michal Ajvaz

Asta in the Wings by Jan Elizabeth Watson

Between Jan Elizabeth Watson’s novel of a brother and sister raised in isolation and Colson Whitehead’s Sag Harbor, this was a good year for novels evoking childhood. Both Watson and Whitehead deftly suggest their narrators’ adult destinies with a few turns of phrase — [...]
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“The Originator” Never Goes Out of Style/Ben Ratliff Appreciation

On October 22, 2009 By Jason Diamond

Yesterday we mentioned Mental Floss and their series of videos that explored the classic “Bo Diddley Beat“. While we totally appreciate the selections (yes, even the George Michael song), and anything Bo Diddley, we gotta point out that they sorta missed the boat on making mention of basically anything The Gories ever did, which is a shame. The Detroit band somehow took said guitar and drum beat originated by “The Originator”, and did something totally unique, and amazing with it. So we figured we would add to the cause with this live Diddley-esque version [...]
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Bites: The last Nobel mentions (maybe…), libraries in trouble, browsing, new Tom Waits, Mussolini working for the Brits, and more

On October 14, 2009 By Jason Diamond

One final Nobel link roundup.
The New Yorker on President Obama’s “Nobel surprise“. N+1 says: “The peace prize’s reputation makes it a powerful tool. It’s not always the right tool, and it’s not always effective, but it’s good to have around.” “Herta who?” Drama over the economics Nobel winner?
Lit.
Dave Eggers, Jay Leno, and Roger Ebert. What do they all have in common? They are all in a book talking about their favorite childhood books. Over at McSweeney’s, a sobering dispatch from a public librarian. The newest [...]
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