May 2011
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“Heaven, Kiwi thought, would be the reading room of a great library. But it...”
– Karen Russell, Swamplandia!
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“Hey P.S., you look super really ugly, I said.”
– Karen Russell, Swamplandia!
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Haunting Olivia - Karen Russell →
In honor of my beginning Swamplandia! today, a Karen Russell short story.
I really think she is wonderful.
“This is not a publishing industry worth fighting for, not least because it isn’t...”
– the daily beast: dale peck criticizes publishing industry, says writers must stand up. full article text here. (via paperbackgirl)
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Dan and I talk about The Pale King
Basically, I can‘t write a review for The Pale King. My friend Dan and I talked about it on gchat and I‘m posting it here in lieu of a review.
Sorry, I know these can be annoying sometimes.
dan: did you read the piece “all that” me: remind me? it sounds so familiar dan: an excerpt from tpk that wasn’t included in the published version it was in the new...
“Author and publisher Carmen Callil has withdrawn from the judging panel of the...”
– Today in unpleasant things, Philip Roth, sitting on your face. (Via Eric.)
Loving the controversy.
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A Book in Every Home, and Then Some →
NYT piece about non-profit The First Book Marketplace. All I can say is HELL YES:
“The First Book Marketplace is trying to do for publishing what micro-finance did for banking: crack open a vast potential market that is underserved at significant social cost. The organization’s goal is to democratize book access, but along the way, it may end up reinvigorating the book business.”
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“We need critics who set impatient standards, ask uncomfortable questions, and...”
– The Novel Is Not Dead, Despite Critics’ Best Attempts - Jess Row
“I grow old… I grow old…
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.
...”
– ‘The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock’ - T. S. Eliot. (via thethoughtofhighwindows)
Dedicated to my man, he loves this poem.
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“A mess is information without value.”
– David Foster Wallace, The Pale King
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Red Lemonade →
Tagline: “The future of publishing begins with you - and it starts here, right now.”
I’m intrigued by this start up of Richard Nash’s, and the site is exciting, even though I think the design is lacking something. Crowdsourcing publishing is an intriguing concept, one that I think can succeed. I’m definitely going to be looking more closely at Red Lemonade.
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“Ale-colored sunshine and pale sky and whorls of cirrus so high they cast no...”
– David Foster Wallace, the first page of The Pale King
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