November 29, 2012

New York is almost laughably full of authors, meaning that the folks at Flavorwire must have had a tough time making their selections… Read more »

Authors

Protesting sexism, comic book artists pull out of running for Angoulême Grand Prix — Liam O'Brien
20th anniversary edition of Infinite Jest features fan-designed cover — Kait Howard
Amazon picks up The Last Tycoon adaptation, casts Kelsey Grammer in lead — Liam O'Brien
Castaway Jose Salvador Alvarenga denies eating his companion — Taylor Sperry

Trashing the dollhouse

Sal Robinson

Readers imagine the world of a book, but some people go even farther — and no, I’m not talking about the Jane-ites. Julia Callon, photographer, has a new project underway… Read more »

Worship this way or I’ll kill you: Playboy’s interview with George Carlin

Kevin Murphy

George Carlin, who died of heart failure at the age of 71 in 2008, was the envy of every other “comedian’s comedian.” He was respected among his peers, but he… Read more »

Ishmael’s chowder

Will Vincent

If you read the “Illuminations” in the back of Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville, there is a recipe for roasting a certain kind of nut … but it’s a… Read more »

Look out world, it’s time for the Twitter Fiction Festival

Kevin Murphy

It’s official: Twitter is hosting a fiction festival. According to the Times’ Arts Beat blog, the festival runs for five days, and features “two dozen published and neophyte authors from… Read more »

Melville House Books

You are not on the list of the hundred most important writers in New York

Dustin Kurtz

Trashing the dollhouse

Sal Robinson

Worship this way or I’ll kill you: Playboy’s interview with George Carlin

Kevin Murphy

Ishmael’s chowder

Will Vincent

Look out world, it’s time for the Twitter Fiction Festival

Kevin Murphy