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Virginia Woolf in a beard

On February 6, 2012 By Jason Diamond

Morning Bites: The Bloomsbury Rabbi, Alan Lomax, looking for the Cormac McCarthy influence, new n+1, and more

On January 31, 2012 By Jason Diamond

Morning Bites: Virginia Woolf’s birthday, Occupy stories, a Colbert cocktail, Klosterman goes to Wikipedia, and more

On January 25, 2012 By Jason Diamond

Virginia Woolf was born on this day in 1882.
And since yesterday was Edith Wharton’s birthday, the New York Times takes at great social climbers, and makes the Wharton-Downton Abbey connection. The Guardian on Occupy!: Scenes from Occupied America. Electric Literature unveils the latest in their Single Sentence Animation series. Chuck Klosterman goes to Wikipedia for clues on tUnE-yArDs personality, then writes an article about her for Grantland. A Stephen Colbert cocktail.
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Morning Bites: Lovecraft turns 120, Grossman and the Woolfs, Finnish Bellow, and more

On August 19, 2011 By Jason Diamond

Tomorrow, August 20th, is the 120th birthday of H.P. Lovecraft.
Lev Grossman talks some Virginia Woolf. Remember last year when he wrote about Virginia’s husband in The Believer? (We’re just trying to give you things to read this weekend.) The short list is announced for the St. Francis literary prize. The writers and their nominated books are: Kevin Brockmeier, The Illumination; Joshua Cohen, Witz; Jonathan Dee, The Privileges; Yiyun Li, Gold Boy Emerald Girl; Marlene van Niekerk, Agaat; and Brad Watson, Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives. The Finnish Saul Bellow? Vanessa Veselka is [...]
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The post-Bloomsbury sound of Princeton

On August 12, 2011 By Jason Diamond

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A few years back, the group Princeton released a four song ode to Virginia Woolf, Lytton Strachey, John Maynard Keynes. The EP was titled “Bloomsbury,” and without trying to sound like an overzealous hype man, it was one of the most perfect slices of lit pop that I’ve ever heard.

Since then, the band have gone on to release a full length, and are back again with their newest single, “Clamoring For Your Heart.”
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Morning Bites: Gary Lutz,Virginia Woolf on the beach, Philip Levine, London bookstores, and more

On August 10, 2011 By Jason Diamond

This morning we've got the secret to not being robbed in London, things people thought would happen in the future, Gary Lutz, Virginia Woolf, and much more.
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Bites: Mayor Emanuel as Holden Caulfield, Ira Glass on Storytelling, Virginia Woolf and More

On January 28, 2011 By Jason Diamond

@MayorEmanuel is our generations J.D. Salinger. Or something like that…
59 things you didn’t know about Virginia Woolf. Ira Glass on the art of storytelling. The Atlantic reviews of 30 Rock are pretty great, don’t ya think?
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Bites: Virginia Woolf’s Birthday, Alejandro Jodorowsky, and Jews Defending Céline

On January 25, 2011 By Jason Diamond

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