Sometimes halting eloquence doesn’t fare well when you’re trying to make a complaint. Winston Churchill faced such a problem at this Scottish hotel, where his letter of misgivings is proudly mounted for guests to see. I’m hoping that, in addition to showcasing Churchill’s disappointments, they not only addressed their bug problem but started serving lunch food as well. After all, what distinguished person eats pancakes at mid-day? For crying out loud, Scotland. Lit. & The Internet Bolaño explains life, naturally […]
Bites: Sea monsters are the new zombies!?!?!, The Pope and the Pot, Robert Sullivan on Thoreau, Jessica Hopper interviewed, and more
Sea monsters are not the new zombies. Come on! The Pope digs the Potter Robert Sullivan wrote a new book about Thoreau, and The Rumpus talked to him about it Joan Hiller-Depper interviewed Jessica Hopper about her new book The Girls’ Guide to Rocking. All Songs Considered celebrates twenty years of Merge Records
Bites: Dave Eggers preorder, Tao Lin tackles Herzog, New England lit. Bowerbirds, reading rappers, James Franco, classic albums
That ol’ rascal Dave Eggers has got (as broken down by a user comment on this site) a book coming out that’s a novelization of a movie that is based off a book. Or something along those lines. Either way, you can preorder the book starting now. On his blog, Tao Lin reviews Werner Herzog’s Land of Silence and Darkness. Moby-Dick is #1, The Bell Jar #4, Walden #12 (me: “wtf, #12? That’s it?”), and The Crucible is #43 in […]