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Afternoon Bites: New Texas is the Reason, J. Robert Lennon, Book Shopping With Molly Ringwald and Panio Gianopoulos, and More

On December 5, 2012 By Vol.1 Brooklyn

Talking Philip Roth, Class, and Artists with Kids with Paula Bomer

On October 25, 2012 By Tobias Carroll

Afternoon Bites: Indie Press Economics, The Dorothy Project Interviewed, Samuel Beckett Grading Scales, and More

On September 26, 2012 By Vol.1 Brooklyn

Danielle Dutton of The Dorothy Project is interviewed at The Paris Review. (And if you haven’t picked up the Barbara Comyns book pictured above, you really should.)

Maria Konnikova looks at the disappearance of Jonah Lehrer’s Imagine, and wonders what the implications are for books as a whole: “Does the publisher publicly—and prominently—acknowledge the error by leaving everything as it was and just removing the ability for new readers to make a purchase until the book is reissued or otherwise amended, leaving the historical record intact, so to speak? Or does the publisher pretend as if a book just never existed?”

Two Dollar Radio’s Eric Obenauf has an essay on The Billfold about economic anxiety and running a small press. You should read it.

Our own Jason Diamond looks at class, Ivy League style, and much more at The Awl.

This essay on “beta male misogyny” may well rethink the way you listen to Tullycraft. (And Ariel Pink.)

Adriana Hunter on translating the novel Beside the Sea.

Matt Bell is using a Samuel Beckett-based grading scale this semester.

Paula Bomer and Kathleen Alcott are reading tonight as part of the Under the Influence reading series.

Warren Ellis is running a Q & A on GoodReads through late October.

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Afternoon Bites: Amelia Gray, Sara Levine, Paula Bomer, and more

On November 18, 2011 By Tobias Carroll

Reviewed: “Baby & other stories”

On January 27, 2011 By Tobias Carroll

Reviewed by Tobias Carroll

Paula Bomer
Baby & other stories
Word Riot Press; 176 p.
review by Tobias Carroll

Baby isn’t an easy book to read. That isn’t for any stylistic reasons: Paula Bomer’s prose is clear, and her narration is precise. The reader is never at a loss for the nature of the relationships in these ten stories; Bomer’s characters are clearly defined, their connections established cleanly from the outset. The neighborhoods where they live are familiar: comfortable neighborhoods in popular cities; well-drawn homes and sidewalks on cities’ outskirts. What instead makes Baby a difficult read — intentionally so — are its characters. They’re a long way from sympathetic: activities included here include cheating on spouses; drinking to excess; quitting quitting drinking; and barely subdued loathing of one’s children.

Weekend Bites: No Fatalities Reported at Lit Death Match, Favorites of 2010, Crazy Stuff Said at Bookstores and More

On December 18, 2010 By Jason Diamond

Afternoon Bites: New Texas is the Reason, J. Robert Lennon, Book Shopping With Molly Ringwald and Panio Gianopoulos, and More

Talking Philip Roth, Class, and Artists with Kids with Paula Bomer

Afternoon Bites: Indie Press Economics, The Dorothy Project Interviewed, Samuel Beckett Grading Scales, and More

Afternoon Bites: Amelia Gray, Sara Levine, Paula Bomer, and more

Reviewed: “Baby & other stories”

Weekend Bites: No Fatalities Reported at Lit Death Match, Favorites of 2010, Crazy Stuff Said at Bookstores and More

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