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33 1/3 (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Many congratulations to Carl Wilson - his book for the series on Celine Dion has made it on to Paste magazine's list of the 20 Best Books of the Decade. If you haven't read it yet, perhaps this might nudge you over the cliff. 20. Chuck Klosterman - Killing Yourself to Live 19. Malcolm Gladwell - The Tipping Point 18. Donald Miller - Blue Like Jazz 17. Carl Wilson - Let's Talk About Love 16. Joseph...
42 Challenge (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
I've finished the challenge. Since 42 is the perfect number for this challenge I won't add any extras to my list. I will be back when the next challenge launches in December. I had loads of fun doing the 42 Challenge. It ended up being one of my favorites. My completed list is: The Perfect Infestation by Carol Emshwiller Seafarer's Blood by Albert E. Cowdrey Dance of Shadows by Fred Chappell All in...
badgerblog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
(In the "trying to catch up posting about events" category) A couple of weeks ago maegwynn and I were out to dinner in Durham and I noticed a flyer: Having the midday free the next day I went and sat in. Eleven people attended, which I considered pretty good for a midday event with limited publicity. Attendees ranged from literature professors at one or another university embedded deeply...
Ghost Word (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
McSweeney’s has announced some details of its newspaper-sized edition focusing on San Francisco and northern California. The 380-page broadsheet will go on sale the first week of December and feature an investigation into the reconstruction of the Bay Bridge, the growth of pot farms in Mendocino County, a 116-page book section, a 112 page magazine and three pull out posters. Lots of well-known...
The Four Color Media Monitor (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Publisher's Weekly writes about how a closer look would suggest that comic books have not grown up, contrary to what some might say:In 2004, Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Michael Chabon gave the keynote speech at the Eisner Awards. Speaking about the maturation of the industry, he referred to some of the excesses of the 1990s as comics "adolescence": "An excess of desire to appear grown...
io9 (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Of all the love letters in Michael Chabon's newest book Manhood For Amateurs, the tenderest might well be reserved for Doctor Who. The Time Lord's journey, like so many other geeky narratives,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
The Fill in the Gaps 100 Project (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
A couple of weeks ago, Michael Chabon was at the Tattered Cover Bookstore in Denver for a reading from his most recent book Manhood for Amateurs . As he read selections from the book, I could see that his prose had grown since this first novel of his, but it still had the ring of truth and beauty found in all of Chabon's works. He is funny, witty and eloquent. He was a wonderful speaker and gave some...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
"Manhood for Amateurs" (Harper, 320 pages, $25.99), by Michael Chabon: The singular experience of becoming a father can change everything. This seems to include - for literary papas - what you want to write about.
Riordan's Desk (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Due to the vagaries of the publishing business, until 5:45 pm tonight, I had not seen my planned-to-be-released-in-November novel, The Big Wake-Up , in the flesh. I have now! I left work a little early to get to "M" for Mystery before they closed and was treated with this display (which I captured on my cell phone camera): We have the hard copy edition of Wake-Up , side by side with my touring...
Largehearted Boy (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas talks to the New York Post about his solo album, Phrazes For The Young (out November 3rd). “Some of the songs sound like they can be found on the soundtrack of a random ’80s movie,” says...
Boswell and Books (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
After hearing so much about the Coen Brothers movie "A Serious Man", I decided it was time to live my dream and see a movie without crossing the street, my first since we've opened. It's said to be their most autobiographal movie. You read movie reviews, so you already know that it's about a Jewish family in the suburbs of 1960's Minneapolis. > I can't say I liked it or I didn't; my review...
Free Advice (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Author Michael Chabon has apparently written a horrifying work of nonfiction. Here's Tyler Cowen's blurb about the book: "I ended up enjoying this more than I do his trendy fiction. This supposed paean to family life collapses quickly into narcissism, but that's in fact what makes it work. I was surprised but not shocked by the part where he deliberately tortures his infant son." Hmm that's...
EconLog (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
I strongly oppose circumcision. In fact, I can't think of a good reason why we shouldn't punish it as child abuse. Whether or not you agree with my conclusion, I think it's hard to deny the following claim: Unless you have a good reason for circumcision, it is child abuse . Cutting off a baby's healthy body parts might be justified in some situations, but justification is a must. Most parents who circumcise...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
[ Note : Continued from Part 1 .] Recent events and discussions once again bring the topic of genre fiction's mainstream respectability to the forefront. So we thought it'd be timely to ask this week's panelists: Q: In your opinion, does literary science fiction and fantasy have mainstream respect? Why, if at all, does it need mainstream approval? What would such approval mean for genre fiction? Read...
Red Reporter (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
The Machine and the return of the RR Book Club Getting tired of fisticuffs breaking out at your Michael Chabon book club meetings? Maybe an online forum to discuss the best book about the best baseball team is your cup of tea! As you know, Joe Posnanski of SI (and formerly of the Cincinnati Post) detailed the 1975 Reds in glorious fashion in The Machine , which was released to wide acclaim this fall....
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