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Morning Bites: Etgar Keret holiday card, Pushkin’s restaurant, Kate Christensen blogs about food, DeWitt’s response, and more

On December 22, 2011 By Jason Diamond

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Morning Bites: Canceled to Death, The Hobbit, Helen DeWitt, gospel records, Paul Murray, and more

On December 21, 2011 By Jason Diamond

Bored to Death was canceled (bummer), and Jonathan Ames wants you to come down and have one last toast for the show.
The trailer for The Hobbit is out. At the Observer: Michael H. Miller profiles Helen DeWitt. Paul Murray talks about his Paris Review short story. Mike McGonigal is interviewed by Aquarium Drunkard about collecting gospel records. (We interviewed him last February. Check it out.)
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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 [...]
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Morning Bites: “not beat poets,” last Sonic Youth show, Victorian hoarders, animating Bolaño, and more

On November 21, 2011 By Jason Diamond

Today you should do birthday shots for Voltaire, Goldie Hawn, Björk, and Ken Griffey Jr.
Robert Hass, the 70-year-old former Poet Laureate of the United States, writes an op-ed about being beaten by police at Occupy Berkeley. At Granta: Animating Bolaño. The Los Angeles Review of Books talks to Helen DeWitt. The Victorians: Original hoarders? 3:AM Magazine talks to Alina Simone. Ted Leo and Titus Andronicus are playing an OWS benefit in Brooklyn tonight. Possibly the last Sonic Youth show ever? Read More →

Some Notes On Helen DeWitt’s “Lightning Rods”

On November 8, 2011 By Tobias Carroll

Posted by Tobias Carroll
It’s been a few weeks since I finished Helen DeWitt’s second novel, Lightning Rods. Jen Vafdis contributed a fine review of the novel earlier this week; I wanted to throw in my two cents here, as this is a novel that seems designed to spark debate, inspire discussion, and leave the reader just more than slightly unmoored.
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Reviewed: Helen DeWitt’s “Lightning Rods”

On November 1, 2011 By Jason Diamond

Reviewed by Jen Vafidis

Lightning Rods
By Helen DeWitt
New Directions, 192 P.

Helen DeWitt’s protagonist Joe is running away from debt when he gets an idea for a company. His journey to that idea includes lots of masturbating (funny masturbating, don’t worry) and an epiphany while looking at a heron on a beach. Emboldened, he gives himself this pep talk:
“I’m not saying it won’t be a lot of work. But it should be a lot of fun, too…OK, you may get some funny looks. But just try to see the [...]
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