Anthony Weiner (D-New York) teaches us how to be facetious in front of our coworkers. Being in congress is awesome. It puts you in an atmosphere where it’s okay to be as much of a jerk as you’ve always wanted to be. (Not that I don’t totally agree with this guy.)
Jacob Schraer
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Blazers vs. Cavaliers – Hot Live Blog Action
Good evening from the Rose Garden. Tonight the Portland Trail Blazers face the worst-in-the-whole-league Cleveland Cavaliers. After Tuesday’s commanding win against second-in-the-west Dallas Mavericks, it should most likely be a cake walk. I’m filling in for Tony, who was filling in for Ezra, who’s still at SXSW in presumably sunny Austin. Pre-Game You might know […]
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Bret Easton Ellis Thinks Charlie Sheen “Gets” Celebrity
I’m sick of Charlie Sheen too. But Bret Easton Ellis has a nice essay on The Daily Beast examining the deeper cultural phenomenoms at work behind the popular acceptance of Sheen’s grossness. Ellis divides celebrity culture into “Empire” and “Post-Empire,” which is to say, there are celebs who respect the walls of tact and secrecy […]
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Sarah Vowell Explains Plate Lunches
Sarah Vowell’s new book, Unfamiliar Fishes, will be released March 22nd. It’s a history of the republic of Hawaii, from the missionaries to Barack Obama’s inauguration. In this amazingly designed book trailer, Vowell teaches us about the origins of Hawaii’s plate lunch. Listening to Sarah Vowell explain things sounds like a great way to spend […]
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Chabon & Waldman Pitch HBO Pilot
Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman are one of the power couples of the writing world. According to this adorable article from last year they’re the perfect little cutest couple ever. He writes his wordy novels and literary pulp, she’s written memoir, fiction, and a series of nursery themed detective novels complete with clever titles, my […]
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Small Press, Big Reading
Future Tense and Bookslut Present Jamie Iredell and Mike Young
Future Tense and Bookslut present small-press authors Mike Young and Jamie Iredell.
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UPDATED: Good Morning Weird Book Cover
No contest for this one, LET”S HAVE A FUCKING CONTEST ANYWAYS since cat & beard so effectively killed it last week. The Lucifer Society, edited by Peter Haining . It’s beneath the jump because it’s slightly NSFW.
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Plot This Weird Book Cover
Earthman’s Burden by Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson. Plot this book and win Laurelhurst tickets! It’s not the most obscure title, so some of you nerds might know what it’s actually about, but I’m not interested in that. Dragons! Teddy bears! Go!
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Shrugging at the Atlas Shrugged Preview, Finding Alternatives To Borders, and A Really Great Announcement
What’s up Haters! You’ve probably heard of that ridiculous, interminable novel Atlas Shrugged, written by Social Darwinist-in-Chief Ayn Rand? At long last, they’re making it into a movie. Here’s the preview. Excited yet? It’s the story of an indignant industrialist who decides that we, the underachieving scum of the earth, aren’t worth wasting the fruits […]
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The Great Gatsby For NES
Oh man. This is a really good way to waste your afternoon. It’s an actual video game, an NES style retelling of the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic. You’ll get the benefit of reliving The Great Gatsby without having to reread it. How long before high school kids just have to play this game for class?
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Q&A: Aaron Renier
Unsinkable Walker Bean Creator on His Inspirations
A Q&A with Aaron Renier, creator of The Unsinkable Walker Bean
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The Paris Review Serializes Bolaño
In a fairly effective literary coup, The Paris Review announced that they’ll spend the rest of the year serializing a “lost” novel by revered, deceased Chilean author Roberto Bolaño. The work, titled The Third Reich, was found amongst the author’s papers after his death and dates from the mid-90’s. No word on why it was […]