Susan Sontag | Vol. 1 Brooklyn

Currently viewing the tag: "Susan Sontag"

G-D, Jesus, Buddah, Mohammed, Susan Sontag in a bear suit…

On July 28, 2011 By Jason Diamond

On Being Susan Sontag’s Assistant

On January 31, 2011 By Jason Diamond

Sontag Goes to Israel

On February 5, 2010 By Jason Diamond

Bites: Cassette From My Ex, Sartre and The Slugger, Sontag’s Opinions, Jamie Stewart Tells a Story, and More

On January 12, 2010 By Jason Diamond

Weekend Bites: Dyson on Illmatic, National Bookstore Day, Bolaño “myth building”, Sesame Street, Dirty Projectors, and More.

On November 7, 2009 By Jason Diamond

Read More →

Even Sontag Was 13 Years Old Once

On February 23, 2009 By Willa A. Cmiel

Anne K. Yoder of The Millions blog recently reviewed Susan Sontag’s early journals, Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963. I haven’t had a chance to pick up the book yet, but Yoder’s review, entitled “The Girl’s Guide to Becoming an Intellectual”, obligingly distills Sontag’s entries into seven helpful doctrines: read and live voraciously; cultivate your ego; keep a journal; “all the world’s a stage”; make time for good sex; betray others but be true to yourself.
Before becoming the mythic intellectual the world is familiar with, Sontag was, as it turns out, an astonishing, hedonistic teenager. Particularly [...]
Read More →

Featured Posts

An Excerpt From Chloe Caldwell’s LEGS GET LED ASTRAY

Greatest Books I’ve Never Read #1: “On The Road”

Literary Ephemera: Modernist lit. journals from the early 20th Century

Reviewed: “Sister Stop Breathing” by Chiara Barzini

Hillary Jordan’s “When She Woke”: A Discussion

Events

03/07/12: The Greatest 3-Minute Movie Stories Ever

04/04/12: Vol. 1 Brooklyn and McSweeney’s present Adam Levin

04/10/12: Vol. 1 Brooklyn presents The Greatest 3-Minute Punk Stories Ever

04/19/12: Book Release Party for Chloe Caldwell's "Legs Get Led Astray" at Book Thug Nation

Twitter: vol1brooklyn
We know they're in Chicago, but @MtropolisCoffee might be the official coffee of Vol. 1. about 24 minutes ago from TweetDeck
Did you get a chance to read the excerpt from Chloe Caldwell’s LEGS GET LED ASTRAY? http://t.co/qv5qci0j about 30 minutes ago from TweetDeck
Getting nostalgic with Woody Allen http://t.co/byYr4m5J about 15 hours ago from TweetDeck
RT @ElectricLit: E Is For Edward Gorey Born On This Day: http://t.co/J7gAZjYf // @vol1brooklyn about 17 hours ago from TweetDeck
An Excerpt From Chloe Caldwell’s LEGS GET LED ASTRAY http://t.co/qv5qci0j about 18 hours ago from TweetDeck
@vol1brooklyn
Sign up for our mailing list

Email Address

Preferred Format

HTML

Text

Mobile

Contact

About

J.S.P

Shop

People We Like

Sunday Stories

p-21iqrI69F1PEY