Tag: books
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Last night I watched Mike Nichols’ film adaptation of Joseph Heller’s novel Catch-22. I was surprised by how well the spirit of the book and most of its great dialogue were preserved, and how beautiful the movie looked, and how seemingly unstructured (like the book) it was, and how good Alan Arkin is as Yossarian.…
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I was reminded of this story after finding it in a book my daughter took down from the library shelf at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum. I first read it as a 7th-grader and we were quizzed on uses of irony in it. Montresor buries his former friend Fortunato alive for some unmentioned insults. It’s absolutely…
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In this essay, Melvin Jules Bukiet calls out books by Brooklyn authors and authors who share the “Brooklyn” ethos that nothing too bad every really happens, kitsch is cool, and nostalgia is useful for dredging up a sentimental, candy-coating of events that lulls readers into a sleepytime twee comfort. I think I agree with him…
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Here’s a great article, an excerpt from Sterling Lord’s new book, Lord of Publishing. Lord was agent to both Jack Kerouac and Ken Kesey, and this recounts the two authors’ only meeting. And here’s another about Charles Bukowski. It’s a Q&A with David Calonne who edited Bukowski’s columns “Notes of a Dirty Old Man” and…
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