We saw Prime Minster John Key on David Letterman’s show pushing Cinnabon while reading the Top Ten List. But what happens if you’re a world…
While David Letterman isn’t as prolific as Jay Leno with his in-show hawking, Letterman does shower his opening monologues with products. Applebee’s and Hooters are…
It is difficult to respond to James Wood’s remarkable misreading of Richard Powers’s Generosity without giving away the ending. As someone who respects a reader’s…
You’d think that with a whopping 20 minutes carved out of an hour for commercials, the actual television program itself would be devoid of commercials,…
Reality is a toxic oxidant that we inhale at least eight hours a day. We take in the redolent whiff of the shit-stained social contract…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: “‘It was all students and no protesters — it looked like any Friday night in Oakland but with more people,’ said Nathan Lanzendorfer,…
Nicholas Meyer appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #310. Nicholas Meyer is perhaps best known for his work on Star Trek II: The Wrath of…
Brian Evenson appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #309. Brian Evenson is most recently the author of Fugue State and Last Days. Condition of Mr….
It seems to me that, if you’re rolling out the howitzers with the intent to destroy an ideology, you should probably blow the shit out…
Lawrence Block appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #308. Lawrence Block is most recently the author of Step by Step. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Ruminating…
Michael Muhammad Knight appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #307. Michael Muhammad Knight is most recently the author of Impossible Man and Osama Van Halen….
Laurie Sandell recently appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #306. Laurie Sandell is the author of The Impostor’s Daughter. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Wondering if…
The girl broke his heart. Just like the previous one had. And the one before that. But it was meant to be this way. This…
ITEM: September 1, 2009. A YouTube video surfaces. In the video, Van Jones calls Congressional Republicans “assholes.” The video is from an event in February…
The bloggers won tonight. But that’s only because our teammate Catherine Lacey knew her stuff. If I learned anything from the last time bloggers went…
It’s safe to say that any imaginative soul will welcome the prospect of tasty food descending from the heavens. It’s a great idea. Not only…
If you don’t enjoy Roadhouse, I’m convinced that you don’t have a soul. The fact remains that this cheesy movie wouldn’t be so magical had…
A few weeks ago, I learned that somebody had been pretending to be friendly with me for quite a long time. This person was uninterested…
I have been enlisted to serve as quiz show participant for something called the “Don’t Know Much About Literature Quiz Show” at the Housing Works…
I am not wearing pants. This is the optimal thinking position. And this makes my recent failure slightly humiliating. You see, there are several globs…
(This is the fifth of a five-part roundtable discussion of Sarah Hall’s How to Paint a Dead Man.) Other Installments: Part One, Part Two, Part…
(This is the fourth of a five-part roundtable discussion of Sarah Hall’s How to Paint a Dead Man.) Other Installments: Part One, Part Two, Part…
“We had such potential, such promise,” croaks an apocalyptic voice at the beginning of an apocalyptic movie. That may as well be director Shane Acker…
A few days ago, somebody forwarded me an email. Apparently, someone had sent an angry email to the writer Jason Sanford, claiming that the writer…
(This is the third of a five-part roundtable discussion of Sarah Hall’s How to Paint a Dead Man.) Other Installments: Part One, Part Two, Part…
This text will be replaced Fun Facts! The song was recorded on a TASCAM 85-16. (Source) In 1986, Tampa Bay DJ Bubba the Love Sponge…
(This is the second of a five-part roundtable discussion of Sarah Hall’s How to Paint a Dead Man.) Other Installments: Part One, Part Three, Part…
(This is the first of a five-part roundtable discussion of Sarah Hall’s How to Paint a Dead Man.) Other Installments: Part Two, Part Three, Part…
A few days ago, somebody forwarded me an email. Apparently, someone had sent an angry email to the writer Sean Aden Lovelace, quibbling with certain…