Tag: books
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In preparation for Brooklyn Book Fest, Brooklyn Magazine’s got their Essential Guide to Brooklyn Literarture in 2012 online. They celebrate Brooklyn as a literary mecca with these articles on authors, lit mags, MFA programs, reading and book-selling surveys, but they also have a dissenting editorial “Why I Hate Brooklyn Lit: A Dissent,” which is always…
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From their FB page: A week from today! The Sackett Street Writers Reading Series continues w/ Aimee Phan,Justin Feinstein, Jennifer Miller & Maura Kelly. Join us for words & wine at Brookyn’s BOOKCOURT. 7pm & event is free. We will also raffle off one copy of each reader’s books, including a framed haiku by Justin Feinstein. Now, you don’t want to…
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Ben Greenman wrote this up in The New Yorker. I wish I had been there. Patti Smith’s memoir is great, and I’m really looking forward to Neil’s.
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May’s whizzing by, so before I forget, here’s the info on the next Sackett Street reading, two weeks from today. From their FB page: We are so excited about the lineup for the next Sackett Writers’ Reading. Join us on Monday, May 21st (6:30pm) at BookCourt for words and wine. Hosted by founder and director Julia…
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Nice essay today over at The Millions by Kevin Hartnett about writing things longhand, and the smoother thought-process it creates.
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I responded to The Rumpus Readers Respond on the topic “Friends with Benefits,” and it’s up there today, here, with a bunch of other cool responses. I love this sort of thing. Thanks to Susan Clements for taking my piece.
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Sort of an inspiring piece in the Guardian by AL Kennedy about why, we, as writers shouldn’t have to suffer for our art. She makes the point with great sarcasm that people who are suffering are no fun to be around, and that the whole idea that it makes for greater art is absurd. My…
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