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This video, inspired by Poe and created by Saskia Kretzschmann...

Mon, 07 May 2012 16:47:31 -0400

This video, inspired by Poe and created by Saskia Kretzschmann is aces.

Yay! Calling all book fetishists. The best articulation of what...

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 10:16:00 -0400

Yay! Calling all book fetishists. The best articulation of what we concede in the move from print to digital I’ve heard to date. Also, Chip Kidd is my new favorite person.

The ever marvelous Andrei Codrescu waxes hilariously on ebooks,...

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 09:46:13 -0400

The ever marvelous Andrei Codrescu waxes hilariously on ebooks, the Kindle - that “great chiropractor”, and becoming a “selfish monster”.

"My search for Olympian Spring took me into the odd, automated world of print-on-demand, which..."

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:16:00 -0400

“My search for Olympian Spring took me into the odd, automated world of print-on-demand, which...

Of God and Guns and Dirty Old Men

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 18:53:00 -0400

I’ve always loved writing that takes a circuitous route to its subject. I enjoy a good...

Criminally Good

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 11:49:00 -0400

I don’t put much stock in jacket flak. It’s is the land of abstract nouns and mutual...

There's a Bluebird In My Heart

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:16:00 -0500

Oh hai! It has been an awfully long time. Oops! I could tell you it’s because I left my old...

This is the Way the World Ends: Tom Perrotta's The Leftovers

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:01:00 -0500

There are plenty of ways to imagine the apocalypse. You can go the zombie route; very de rigueur....

Poem of the Week: "The Tollund Man"

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:16:00 -0500

New Feature! Poem of the Week will go up each Wednesday and will feature a poem and ruminations...

Behind the Danger Door: David Almond's Skellig

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:00:53 -0500

A lot of reviews of YA and children’s novels begin in the confessional mode. Something like...

Poem of the Week: "Marginalia"

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:39:00 -0500

New Feature! Poem of the Week will go up each Wednesday and will feature a poem and ruminations...

Call me Skrimshander: 5 Reasons to Read Chad Harbach's The Art of Fielding

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:01:00 -0500

Is it possible to talk about Chad Harbach’s novel The Art of Fielding without addressing the...

The Best Book You'll Ever Read about a Country You'll Probably Never Visit

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 20:48:00 -0500

While I was reading Barbara Demick’s incredible book, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in...

Poem of the Week: "Very Simply Topping Up the Brake Fluid"

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:02:00 -0500

New Feature! Poem of the Week will go up each Wednesday and will feature a poem and ruminations...

Loot!: Heists, Little People and Swedes

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:28:00 -0500

Recently, I leant a friend a copy of Chad Harbach’s Art of Fielding (which is amazing and I...

Adventures in Clubland: J.G. Ballard's Empire of the Sun

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:53:00 -0400

I’m a big fat J.G. Ballard fan. To pilfer a Rob Gordon expression, Crash is in my all time top...

Fuck the Midtones: How to Make a Book with Steidl

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 22:11:00 -0400

I waited for a very long time for the paperback of The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest to...

Beautiful Things: Madras Press

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:51:00 -0400

The bibliophile’s love affair avec le livre is sadomasochistic and insatiable: the reader can...

The Kids are Alright: Kevin Wilson's The Family Fang

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:44:00 -0400

I bought my copy of Kevin Wilson’s The Family Fang on the day the embargo tape was peeled...

Inside the War Machine: Field Notes from the Back to School Rush

Sun, 18 Sep 2011 16:47:00 -0400

It’s great to be back after an extended hiatus. I feel like a soldier on leave from the front...