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New York Tyrant takes over KGB on Saturday

On January 19, 2012 By Jason Diamond

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Morning Bites: Cheney’s juicy bits, Tao Lin “hype,” Beach Boys, V-mail, and more

On September 1, 2011 By Jason Diamond

Did anybody else get a little sick from the words “Juicy Bits From Dick Cheney,” regardless of what context it’s in?
Do books + soundtracks = The Future? The Atlantic takes a look. 15 reasons why bookstores and libraries should work together brought to you by the fine folks at Lake Forest Book Store in Lake Forest, IL. A Los Angelesian’s guide to literary New York. Josh Spilker takes a look at Tao Lin’s “new novel hype” at Impose. Some old time American Primitive gospel by Washington Phillips. New Beach Boys [...]
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Morning Bites: Keith Moon, Darin Strauss on faith, Bernard-Henri Lévy feeling good, and more

On August 23, 2011 By Jason Diamond

Today would have been the 65th birthday of Keith Moon. He was the greatest rock drummer ever. Period.
Darin Strauss on faith at the Jewish Book Council blog. Tao Lin interviews Ben Lerner at The Believer. There is talk of declawing cats. Bernard-Henri Lévy is feeling pretty good about Libya right now. Especially since he was so instrumental in getting his country to intervene in the fighting. Caryn Rose’s B-Sides and Broken Hearts gets reviewed. Funny guy Nick Kroll teaches the internet.

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Morning Bites: Tao Lin’s new home, zombie Joseph Heller, Nick Flynn, and more

On August 15, 2011 By Jason Diamond

Tao Lin signs a deal, bringing Joseph Heller back from the dead, Harold Bloom talks, and much more.
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Morning Bites: Nurds, Tao + Bill, Eggers on teachers, Jens Lekman, and more

On August 5, 2011 By Jason Diamond

Today we've got National Lampoon helping us figure out who we are, Tao Lin hooking up with Bill Clegg, Jens Lekman finally giving us some music, and more.
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Weekend Bites: Ploughshares in the 80′s, Tao’s Mixtape, Dust Jackets WTF?, Graydon’s Presidents, and More

On February 27, 2010 By Jason Diamond

Raymond Carver and other guest editors of Ploughshares from the 1980′s.
Tao Lin makes a mixtape. Aleksandar Hemon: not a Jew. MobyLives ponders the point of dust jacket. Graydon Carter has a book out about American presidents. Who doesn’t think Martin Amis is great?
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We Are All Holden Caulfield…and Stuff.

On February 4, 2010 By Jason Diamond

J.D. Salinger has been dead a little over a week, but his most popular book, and character, continues to be a popular topic on the net.

The Daily Beast discusses “The Heirs to Holden“.

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Deckfight asks if Tao Lin’s Shoplifting From American Apparel is the new Catcher in the Rye?

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Joanna Smith Rakoff talks about her experiences handling Salinger’s mail.
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Zachary German, Caffeinated Alcoholic Beverages, and an Interview

On February 3, 2010 By Jason Diamond

Over at Bookslut, Tao Lin talks to Zachary German.

Topics discussed include, German’s forthcoming book, Eat When You Feel Sad, “K-Mart realism”, Dennis Cooper, and chugging Sparks in a bathroom during dinner. Lin asks German to “describe the drinking of the Sparks using the prose style of Eat When You Feel Sad“, then asks him to “do it using a different kind of prose style”.
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