- Some more info on the DeLillo play from Backstage. The most interesting comment is from John Heard: “It’s an actor’s dream. But at the same time, the language is his language, so you get scared if you start to paraphrase. I’m constantly going back to the script, `I saw a dead man on the subway once.’ It’s not like, `There was once a time I saw a guy on the subway.'” Is this a case where DeLillo-speak doesn’t quite translate to the stage?
- David Sedaris: I’m a sorry excuse for a rock star. I think what they meant was a literary equivalent of a rock tumbler, one who just grinds and grinds and grinds.”
- S Sharky’s Machine remake? With Markie Mark? Huh?
- An Bookworm interview with Elliott Perlman to check out later (MP3). He was seriously interviewed about his work, which is apparently an unusual situation for him.
- Rick Kleffel nails one thing s cool about Ego & Hubris: “Random House has given Pekar a very nicely printed, tight and tidy hardcover format for his latest work. It’s beautifully laid out, easy-to-read and feels right. If you’re a book freak, well, these things matter, I’m a book freak, and well, these things matter.”
- The American love for police brutality and anti-Fourth Amendment violence expands with a 24 movie. (via Six Different Ways)
- Radiers of the Lost Ark: the animated GIF.
- Greg Knauss offers a new dichotomy: referential and experiential bloggers. But what of the blogger who crosses both areas? That’s like a purple district on a political graphic of the United States.
- Stick-figure version of Dragon’s Lair. (via Waxy)
- M.A. Orthofer tracks down coverage of Martin Amis’ House of Meetings.
- The London Review of Books on Roy Fisher.
- Ali Smith wins the Tournament of Books.
- Tornado photos from Babies Are Foolproof.
- An APE report from Chris Reynolds.
- Michael Blowhard takes umbrage with public video screens.
- Dialect maps. (via OGIC)
- Chris Hitchens: Dick Armitage is Colin Powell’s bitch.
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