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Fri, 24 May 2013 20:50:36 -0400

death-by-lulz: emryssa: I need an Edna Mode life coach.

Fri, 24 May 2013 20:18:23 -0400

death-by-lulz:

emryssa:

I need an Edna Mode life coach.

books: rachelfershleiser: Next Thursday, Tumblr will be...

Fri, 24 May 2013 20:10:42 -0400

books:

rachelfershleiser:

Next Thursday, Tumblr will be celebrating Book Expo America at our favorite bookstore with three of our favorite authors! This is a meet up for readers and writers of all ages, with drinks for the adults and swag and short, funny readings for everyone! Here for BEA? Work at a publisher? Love Tumblr? Love books? Love people? Any of the above — this party is for you!

Ruth wrote Defriended, a creepy mystery about murder and online romance. Eliot wrote Endangered, a National Book Award finalist about bonobos in The Congo. Rainbow wrote the NY Times bestseller Eleanor &Park, a Tumblr favorite about weird kids in love. They are all terrific, so don’t miss it!

Rainbow Rowell lives in Nebraska, and this is her only public event while she’s in New York for BEA. We’re so honored and excited!

: Interview: Alistair MacLeod

Fri, 24 May 2013 20:09:03 -0400

: Interview: Alistair MacLeod:

booksinthekitchen:

“Some people say, ‘I just sit down and write.’ But if you don’t know whether you’re building a birdhouse or a deck—just driving nails into boards—I don’t think it’s going to be very good, whatever it is.”

In this week’s column, I interviewed IMPAC award winner…

A lost journal of W. H. Auden, one of three that the poet is known to have kept, has recently been discovered.

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:16:53 -0400

A lost journal of W. H. Auden, one of three that the poet is known to have kept, has recently been discovered.:

maudnewton:

“It is one of only three journals that the poet is known to have kept and covers the period shortly after what he described as the ‘eleven happiest weeks of my life’ – the honeymoon period of his relationship with the American poet Chester Kallman.

The frank details of his personal life are set against the build-up to the Second World War. He wrote: ‘I am happy, but in debt… I have no job. My [US] visa is out of order. There may be a war. But I have an epithalamion to write and cannot worry much.’”

nprfreshair: Maureen Corrigan on the new novel Americanahby...

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:14:26 -0400

nprfreshair:

Maureen Corrigan on the new novel Americanahby Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie:

Ifemelu does make it over to America on a student visa and, ultimately, she becomes a very successful blogger. Ifemelu’s blog is called: Raceteenth or Various Observations About American Blacks (Those Formerly Known as Negroes) by a Non-American Black. The name of her blog should give you a sense of the subjects as well as the tart smarts of her posts, many of which are included in this novel. But, before Ifemelu strikes the blogger bonanza, she must endure the new immigrant initiation rite of looking for work. Ifemelu answers ads for home health aides in apartments that stink of urine and she works as “the nanny” in the Philadelphia suburbs. At one point, desperate for rent money, Ifemelu accepts a sexual job offer.

“Flag” by Brent Godfrey via Artdoxa

"There is no simple formula for the relationship of art to justice. But I do know that art—in my own..."

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:53:20 -0400

“There is no simple formula for the relationship of art to justice. But I do know that art—in my own case the art of poetry—means nothing if it simply decorates the dinner table of power which holds it hostage. The radical disparities of wealth and power in America are widening at a devastating rate. A President cannot meaningfully honor certain token artists while the people at large are so dishonored.”

- Happy birthday, Adrienne Rich! The 1997 letter with which the beloved poet became the only person to turn down the prestigious National Medal of Arts. (via wwnorton)

The best of Robin in Batman (1966) “A sparrow with a...

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:19:02 -0400

The best of Robin in Batman (1966)

“A sparrow with a machine gun.”

“Of course! What else could it be?” _The Mayor of Gotham

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Thu, 09 May 2013 20:26:11 -0400

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shitroughdrafts: The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald....

Thu, 09 May 2013 20:19:00 -0400

shitroughdrafts:

The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. 1925.

If my mom wrote The Great Gatsby.

shitroughdrafts: The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald....

Wed, 08 May 2013 20:23:50 -0400

shitroughdrafts:

The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. 1925.

NPR Fresh Air: Q: I wouldn’t want to be friends with Nora, would you? Her outlook is...

Wed, 08 May 2013 20:22:54 -0400

NPR Fresh Air: Q: I wouldn’t want to be friends with Nora, would you? Her outlook is...:

nprfreshair:

Q: I wouldn’t want to be friends with Nora, would you? Her outlook is almost unbearably grim.

A: For heaven’s sake, what kind of question is that? Would you want to be friends with Humbert Humbert? Would you want to be friends with Mickey Sabbath? Saleem Sinai? Hamlet? Krapp? Oedipus?…

THIS. ALL DAY. EVERY DAY.

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Thu, 02 May 2013 23:02:17 -0400

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Thu, 02 May 2013 22:48:58 -0400

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wwnorton: “[Rachel Louise] Snyder gets readers to think about...

Thu, 02 May 2013 22:32:53 -0400

wwnorton:

“[Rachel Louise] Snyder gets readers to think about the real costs of clothing, and it’s likely they won’t look at $30 or $200 jeans the same way again.” —Chicago Tribune

“A thoughtful, ultimately hopeful look at how our choices about something as mundane as jeans can alter the lives of people 10,000 miles away.” —Fast Company

Fugitive Denim is relevant to your interests.

smartgirlsattheparty: Four chickens do an all-clucking version...

Thu, 02 May 2013 22:30:20 -0400

smartgirlsattheparty:

Four chickens do an all-clucking version of Fun’s “Some Nights,” featuring Amy Poehler and Michael Buble.

nprfreshair: Was there ever a more charming letter writer than...

Wed, 01 May 2013 13:59:25 -0400

nprfreshair:

Was there ever a more charming letter writer than Vonnegut?

slatevault:

In which Kurt Vonnegut modestly offers his talents to the JFK campaign. Our favorite line? “On occasion, I write pretty well.” http://slate.me/11QNcwA

maudnewton: irisblasi: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s personal...

Wed, 01 May 2013 13:56:49 -0400

maudnewton:

irisblasi:

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s personal financial ledger is now available online, including categories such as “Money Earned by Writing since Leaving the Army” and “Zelda’s Earnings.”

Among the revelations: Fitzgerald was a terrible speller, he was equally bad at arithmetic, and he earned less than $2000 for the original publication of Gatsby. (via)

Great supplement to Fitzgerald’s notebooks. (“Books are like brothers. I am an only child. Gatsby my imaginary eldest brother, Amory my younger, Anthony my worry. Dick my comparatively good brother but all of them far from home.”)

death-by-lulz: trhpeanut: Moon Moon is my spirit animal. Fun...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:39:10 -0400

death-by-lulz:

trhpeanut:

Moon Moon is my spirit animal.

Fun fact: Moon Moon is actually claiming dominance in that top picture. Wolves show dominance by biting the snouts of other wolves. Moon Moon is leader of that pack. May god have mercy on their souls.

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Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:37:33 -0400

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