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Writing
Nov 06, 2009, 12:40PM
Have you ever thought: There's gotta be a good ancient Sumerian proverb I could use right now
"Beer is a bull. The mouth is its stairway."
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Nov 05, 2009, 10:56AM
Magazines 2.0 - Tailoring your reading
"Utilizing social intelligence, our system recommends magazine articles you will enjoy reading from over 600 magazine titles."
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Nov 02, 2009, 10:54AM
How 'bout a nice big cup of shut the fuck up?
Bruce Buschel and "One Hundred Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do."
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Oct 26, 2009, 02:26PM
Ah, nothing like a good ol' fashioned book banning
The Pentagon takes on Noam Chomsky.
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Oct 22, 2009, 12:48PM
Classic textbooks: "When You Marry"
Don't worry, it's the updated 1962 edition.
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Oct 21, 2009, 04:20PM
Eating the Dinosaur
Read the first chapter from Chuck Klosterman's new book.
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Oct 09, 2009, 04:51PM
Roger Ebert on a life of books
"When I get a little money I buy books, and if any is left I buy food and clothes." -Erasmus
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Oct 08, 2009, 04:53PM
Librarians turning to Teamsters for help
An ugly battle brews.
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Oct 07, 2009, 01:54PM
Graphic Design Nerdage
Lettering and Type, the new book by Post Typography is an amazing overview of the history, theory, and practice of modern typeface design.
Get to the book launch party!
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Writing
Oct 06, 2009, 09:38AM
Really? Jesus? Again?
Is Sci-Fi going a little too... Jesus-y?
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Sep 29, 2009, 12:11PM
A battle over Generosity
The New Yorker's head book critic thinks Richard Powers needs a bullshit detector; one blogger turns the tables.
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Sep 28, 2009, 04:34PM
Harry Potter is the Devil's Book
Banned Books Week -- celebrating intellectual and artistic freedom.
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Sep 25, 2009, 03:53PM
Utopia Britannica
Utopian communities in the British Isles, spanning more than five centuries. Below, "Free Love" in 19th Century Somerset.
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Sep 21, 2009, 02:57PM
Natasha Wimmer talks upcoming Bolano Books
El Tercer Reich and the 6th installment of 2666.
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Sep 21, 2009, 09:28AM
Ah, thank you internets
"The New Literacy."
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Sep 18, 2009, 10:48AM
300 years ago today
The brilliant lexicographer and writer, Samuel Johnson, was born.
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Sep 16, 2009, 11:42AM
An ode to the oriole
And a heated response...
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Nov 03, 2009, 11:02AM
INTERVIEW: Wallace Shawn
The playwright and actor talks about his unique balance of commercial and avant garde work, the importance of having one's assumptions challenged, and his new book, Essays.
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Nov 03, 2009, 10:17AM
Way Out West
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Oct 30, 2009, 10:36AM
Sex For Cartoons
Jay Cantor's Krazy Kat (1987) is a fascinating, overlooked novel about human urges in 2-D characters.
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Oct 29, 2009, 10:28AM
A Biography Full of Short Cuts
Mitchell Zuckoff's Robert Altman: The Oral Biography is an unfortunate bit of hackwork about one of the greatest American filmmakers.
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Oct 21, 2009, 10:24AM
The Consciousness of a Liberal
Wallace Shawn's Essays is a rare contemporary example of artful, eloquent leftist writing.
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Oct 19, 2009, 10:00AM
Baltimore Gets the NYT's Superficial Treatment
Beware of the drive-by travel writer, epitomized by the Times' "36 Hours in..." feature.
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Writing
Oct 08, 2009, 10:47AM
Zen and the Art of Self-Satisfaction
Looking back at Julia Cameron's million-selling, vaguely fascist self-help book The Artist's Way.
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Writing
Oct 07, 2009, 12:22PM
Richard Powers is Un-American
The novelist's new Generosity: An Enhancement lacks the spirited, contradictory pluck of the brilliant A New Literary History of America.
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Writing
Oct 06, 2009, 11:48AM
The Politics of Swag
The Federal Trade Commission tightens their rein on bloggers' right to free stuff.
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Sep 28, 2009, 10:59AM
Back to the Future
Margaret Atwood returns to science fiction with her trademark wit, insight, and style.
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Sep 18, 2009, 10:37AM
Redefining "Everywhere"
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Sep 15, 2009, 10:17AM
Start Using These Words
Impress friends, woo the opposite sex, and increase self-esteem with these wholly unnecessary vocabulary enhancements!
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Sep 02, 2009, 09:48AM
INTERVIEW: Tracy Daugherty
The novelist has recently published a fantastic book called Hiding Man, the first official biography of Donald Barthelme.
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Aug 20, 2009, 10:20AM
The Splice Today Guide to Warhammer 40,000
Like blended Scotch, with more fighting and British slang.
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Nov 02, 2009, 02:06PM
Gutenberg, you crazy SOB
Stephen Fry's six-part documentary on the printing press.
"This was the man who launched the first media revolution and opened the door to the modern age."
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Oct 22, 2009, 10:45AM
The 2009 Critterati
Upload photos of the non-human members of your family dressed as famous literary characters. Well... sure, why not.
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Oct 07, 2009, 12:18PM
"So... Sarah falls in love with a shark?"
Lessons on writing your first novel.
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Writing
Sep 30, 2009, 01:54PM
For all you prissy graphic design majors out there
Helvetica vs. Arial -- take the test.
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Sep 22, 2009, 12:29PM
Fou Magazine knows how to make a website
Beautiful panda-themed 3rd issue, complete with some pretty excellent poetry.
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Sep 03, 2009, 03:42PM
DIY
Author Douglas Coupland wants you to design your own cover for his next book.
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Sep 01, 2009, 04:21PM
"Hey there Hep-Cat! Interested in some slang?"
Lessons from the Great Depression.
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Writing
Aug 20, 2009, 01:49PM
Primiti Too Taa
An excerpt from Kurt Schwitters' poem "Ursonate."
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Writing
Aug 14, 2009, 01:30PM
Fancy a more seductive coffee break?
Let Carte Noire help.
Dominic West reads from Jeremy Page's The Wake.
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Writing
Aug 07, 2009, 11:40AM
Choose you're own adventure, 2.0
It's probably government propaganda but what the hey, it's fun.
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Writing
Jul 31, 2009, 02:08PM
Book Art
Sculpture artist Robert The's preferred medium: books. Below a look at some of his astounding recent work.
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Jul 30, 2009, 02:55PM
Bathroom Graffiti
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Jul 28, 2009, 10:11AM
Oh, it's a poem
William Shatner reads Palin's farewell speech.
YouTube video deleted. Hulu video here.
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Jul 27, 2009, 01:36PM
Words are hard
