As others have pointed out, the NYTBR is once again an embarassment. It’s the same old song. Richard Posner’s essay is not so much a…
On Sunday morning, I woke to the sounds of strange huzzahs. Turns out it was the San Francisco Marathon running through my hood. The cheers…
Word on the street is that Australian writer David Francis, once part of Mark’s Three Minute Interview series, will be in the Bay Area reading…
Fun with A.L.I.C.E. Bot: Human: How are you doing? alice : Great. How are you? human : okay alice : OK with me too. human…
The Shanghaist has uncovered this helpful map for anyone looking to commit suicide in Shanghai. Fourteen areas are listed. Personally, I admire the over-the-top black…
Jeff points to the sad honest truth. The Pixies are sellouts. Big time. Their ticket prices are aprocryphal (anywhere from $35-60 a show). And this…
While some publishers refrain from reading anything in the slush pile (with understandable justification) and it’s safe to say that vanity presses remain for the…
Ladies and gentlemen, it’s a delectable Friday, which means, aside from tonight’s unchronicled evening efforts of certain literary types who actually attempt to read a…
Ms. Tangerine Muumuu herself alerts us to this review of the new Rushdie novel by none other than William T. Vollmann himself! (Regrettably, the review…
Dear Bloglines: Do you love this RSS feeds or not? You’re updating in spurts and, of course, I love you! Surely, you’ve received my dozen…
Local photographer Thomas Hawk was harassed by security goons when taking photographs of One Bush Street: Yesterday I was shooting some photos of One Bush…
Robert “U Can’t Touch Dis” Birnbaum, the hardest work literary interview in show business, is at it again, engaging in a second chat with Sarah…
Model vs. Photographer (NSFW): “[I]t was about the only truly creative idea I had ever had. While I’ve often seen photographers do nude self portraits,…
Michelle Richmond asks, “Where’s the love for Trance?” Trance is Christopher Sorrentino’s new novel. And from where I’m sitting, there seems to be some love…
[EDITOR'S NOTE: Miguel Cohen, who may or may not be the brother of Randy "The Ethicist" Cohen (he has yet to submit to a blood...
This is a quick test to see if the RSS feed is working. [UPDATE: Even though the XML feeds have been validated and appear through…
Nora Sohnen asks whether anyone reads literary journals besides the contributors’ moms. Why yes! The audience also includes glue sniffers, inveterate magazine clippers, insomniacs, MFAs…
Okay, everything’s good with Bloglines. Not so good with Sage. If anyone has any problems, please report them here. Name your RSS feeder of choice,…
Okay, I think I’ve killed the old template. It apparently cropped up last night. And the new feed (in the old feed) is working. Please…
Okay, bear with me as we get things squared away. It appears that I lost my entire blogroll. I have a backup somewhere. So I…
At the moment, we’re contemplating just how rapid our hair has receded in the past year. Quite literally, it has gone from a benign recession…
Due to forthcoming (and long overdue) events, you may or may not have to resubscribe to the feed (although it’s looking more like the former)….
I had hoped to get to the Tanenhaus Brownie Watch this week. But I appear to be, once again, time-challenged. But congratulations to Maud for…
Sarah has an interesting post about mass market paperback ghettoization. She writes: But sometimes, it makes sense for a writer to be published in mass…
International Herald Tribune: “A statement Friday said that Menezes’ ‘clothing and his behavior at the station added to their suspicions,’ apparently referring to reports that…
Wired:”Cell phones know whom you called and which calls you dodged, but they can also record where you went, how much sleep you got and…
Slate: “The Kite Runner — Do I really have to read it?” This article — did you really have to write it?