V.S. Naipaul is a great author, a living legend, winner of the Nobel Prize, and a total jerk. Also, apparently, no woman writer is his equal. In an interview last week, he observed women writers to display “sentimentality, the narrow view of the world.” Via the Guardian: He added: “My publisher, who was so good […]
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Weekend Readings And Releases
More awesome literary events coming at you this weekend, starting tonight at the Crow Arts space (850 NE 81st Ave. #114) marking the release of the latest issue of Conjunctions, a long running journal that regularly features awesome writers. Reading tonight will be contributers Tim Horvath and Gabriel Blackwell, along with Matthew Simmons. The newest […]
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George Lucas Strikes Back
This piece of nerd bait is awesomely dumb. The premise is that the real George Lucas was kidnapped decades ago, and ever since an impostor has been releasing Star Wars prequels and Indiana Jones sequels. The resulting preview had me rolling with shameful laughter. Via.
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Want To Bust A Union?
Call Fred Ward Remo Williams! Between Wisconsin, the NFL, and the NBA, this is the year of the union. Remo’s gonna be busy. Don’t forget about Joel Grey.
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Cyberbooks
According to GMN and Amazon, e-books now regularly out sell print books (on Amazon). Many of the concerned voices in my head have been demanding my opinion on this, and here I was feeling good about print books this week! At his reading, Dan Clowes made a compelling case for the continuing relevance of books. […]
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Tonight in Readings
Monograph Bookwerks (5005 NE 27th Ave at Alberta) is holding a Publication Party for Art Criticism and Other Short Stories, a collection compiled by Helen Reed, described as “Fan fiction for contemporary art allows for inhabitations of imagined landscapes, speculative relationships with art objects, and dream encounters with artists.” The reading is from 7 – […]
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Jim Shepard Reading Tonight
A few weeks ago I reviewed You Think That’s Bad, a new short story collection by Jim Shepard. In that review I described his stories as “immersive, visceral mini-movies” and said Shepard’s writing was “so good it’s borderline gaudy” (though Hallett added that “borderline”). The collection takes the reader across the globe from stories about […]
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Choose The Winner Of The Geekcraft Contest!
So the Geekcraft contest went very well. As always dear readers, it’s you who makes this job special. Not a contest entry, just super cool. On that note, it’s only proper that you choose the winner of this awesome contest. Hit the jump for all the entrants and a poll. Poll closes at midnight! POWER […]
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Smalldoggies Reading Tonight Featuring Kevin Sampsell
The Smalldoggies reading series moves locations again tonight, this time to The Blue Monk on SE Belmont near 34th. The line up is stellar, the admission is free, unless you want to kick down the $5 suggested donation and pick up a copy of the specially published magazine. I like this picture of Kevin. Tonight’s […]
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The World Of Geekcraft
While everyone’s wondering if girls can be geeky, crafters and nerds around the country are busy welcoming the World of Geekcraft, a book collecting the finest science fiction/fantasy/gaming-themed crafts. World of Geekcraft was compiled and designed by contributor and Portland resident Susan Beal, author of several craft books, most recently Modern Log Cabin Quilting, from […]
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IPRC’s Media Action Project
Check out the above video and get motivated to support the IPRC’s Media Action Project. The program promotes media literacy in teens. The IPRC hosts: …four-session outreach program that teaches youth how to critically deconstruct print ads, movies, television commercials, video games and websites in order to examine underlying messages about gender, violence, body image, […]
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2011 Pulitzer Prize: Nonfiction
The Pulitzers were announced this week, in case you missed Alison’s post on the fiction award Monday. I’ve been reading the nonfiction book, because I read nonfiction, which is in fact my sole qualification for being the book blogger. The Emperor of All Maladies is “a biography of cancer.” Written by oncologist Siddhartha Mukherjee and […]