February 2011
January 2011
Apparently people do judge a book by its cover →
derasso:
The new cover, which went through 31 redesigns, was created to appeal directly to female readers. The cover was also cleansed of “any graphic images that let on that the book is set in Los Angeles in hopes of giving it national appeal,” according to the story.
And that is the sound of a thousand graphic designers sighing in unison right now.
I’ve bought books because they...
My review of Pacazo is up at The Rumpus →
Check it out, y’all.
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Pacazo by Roy Kesey - Review
Pacazo is a story about a man coming to terms with the murder of his wife and how to move on in the face of tragedy; the stories that we tell ourselves in order to survive.
I had a hard time getting into it at first. The story was written all over the place, mixing present and past in the same sentence:
The nearest building, sharp white. I close my eyes. There is the smell of decomposing...
“What is a likeness? When a person dies, they leave behind, for those who knew...”
– John Berger from his essay “Steps Toward a Small Theory of the Visible”, which I think can be read in full here.
I also love, from earlier in the essay: “It is a strange area into which we are wandering and I’m using words strangely.”
(via kelsfjord)
Berger is an interesting guy. If anyone is...
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Fugue
A flash of sudden joy From the solar plexus Where fear usually resides, She knew she’d be okay. “There is no other life Apart from this one,” she Said to no one in particular. The building gleamed In the midday rain. The cats Ate their turkey dinner. She Screened phone call after Phone call. A wild loneliness Descended like a flock of Robins drained of their red. Nothing seemed to...
poetbabble:
thefranticsearch:
Robert Pattinson as Jeff Buckley? Please, please, no.
Oh god. My heart just got kicked over a cliff… That’s worse than James Franco.
Robert Pattinson is one of those dudes that should have disappeared into nothingness after his brief appearance in the Harry Potter series.
“Noted speed freak, serial-killer fangirl, and Tea Party hero Ayn Rand was also a...”
– Ayn Rand took government assistance while decrying others who did the same - Boing Boing
I just want to keep this here.
“This living hand, now warm and capable
Of earnest grasping, would, if it were...”
– John Keats, “This Living Hand” (via proustitute)
Traveling
Starting next Saturday
Philly
DC
LA (maybe)
I decided to not stay in town for my birthday. Unless, of course, someone decides to make me a She-Ra, He-Man, or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles birthday cake because there is no way I want to have an adult birthday cake this year.
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“Let it be said of us centuries from now that we were bold and visionary in our...”
– Cornel West (via georgesjune)
The House GOP's Plan to Redefine Rape | Mother... →
With this legislation, which was introduced last week by Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), Republicans propose that the rape exemption be limited to “forcible rape.” This would rule out federal assistance for abortions in many rape cases, including instances of statutory rape, many of which are non-forcible. For example: If a 13-year-old girl is impregnated by a 24-year-old adult, she would...
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Apocolypse Moby →
Have you ever wondered what a mashup of Apocolypse Now and Moby Dick would like look? You can stop wondering.
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Friday protests liveblog | Al Jazeera Blogs →
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F is for Friday...
fridayreads:
That’s when we share our reads!
(This post inspired by Cookie Monster.)
Reblog and add a line about what you’re reading this week. Ten lucky participants will win free copies of The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown.
I am reading Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell and Samuel Beckett’s Trilogy.
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“History, to be sure, is not linear. The current wave of protests may die down or...”
– Egypt’s Struggle for Freedom - By Yasser El-Shimy | Foreign Policy
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Al Jazeera Plays Galvanizing Role in Arab Protests... →
The protests rocking the Arab world this week have one thread uniting them: Al Jazeera, the Qatar-based satellite channel whose aggressive coverage has helped propel insurgent emotions from one capital to the next.
Al Jazeera has been widely hailed for helping enable the revolt in Tunisia with its galvanizing early reports, even as Western-aligned political factions in Lebanon and the West Bank...
Pirating the 2011 Oscars - Waxy.org →
One of the things I look forward to each year is Andy Baio’s annual post about the Oscars and when they leaked to the internet.
the Instructions, by Adam Levin →
essayist:
The Essayist recommends that you buy this novel. (Available in the US now; to be published by Canongate in the UK later this year)
Click to read an extract.
Indeed. One of the highlights of my reading adventures last year.
