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LITERATURE ON THE DANCEFLOOR

Thursday, March 4, 2010

As an interview magazine that also is involved in running a fashion label, a photography studio and in hosting a range of events, the new experiment by the German independent publisher Blumenbar is just our cup of tea: in an attempt to attract the so-called ‘Generation Internet’ to the written page, Blumenbar opted to bring [...]

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SUDDEN SATORI

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

More great news from Ken Baumann: He now owns and operates a little publishing company called Sator Press. Congrats!

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KATY COMPLIMENTS

Friday, February 19, 2010

Dear Katy, whoever you are, thanks for the nice post about us – we’re certainly jealous of your fireplace and what looks like a pretty cozy setting for reading…

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GO WITH THE FLOE

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Even though it’s probably way safer to stay inside and just read about Walking In Ice, you should really come down to Motto Mitte tonight (see below) and check out Sam’s reading. Here’s a review I wrote about And yet, and yet… when I first discovered his little publishing enterprise:
Fittingly enough, the first little piece [...]

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INDEXING OBSESSION

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

As a big fan of order and indexing (don’t call me neurotic!) I’m very excited about the following book: Leanne Shapton – Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion and Jewelry.
Made up like an auction catalogue that features personal belongings of two normal people, [...]

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LETTING GO OF HOLDEN

Thursday, January 28, 2010
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BACKBONES

Monday, January 18, 2010

Speaking of backbones and such… these guys certainly have that, and they obviously know how to turn a phrase or two. The rather short and precise “ich kann nicht mehr” by Unseld gives me the howling fantods each time.

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HOLDING ONTO HOLDEN

Sunday, January 17, 2010

With a recent discussion among the editing team whether it is really necessary to turn books like Where the Wild Things Are into movies, here’s a nice and still relevant comment from the past, by none other than Mr. J. D. Salinger himself, explaining why a film of his masterpiece Catcher in the Rye is [...]

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DEVILISH GOOD

Thursday, January 7, 2010

New England is not only a place of dense woods and sweet-flowing rivers, where autumn leaves glow in the brightest colors imaginable, of Steven King crap and Nathaniel Hawthorne romances, it’s also the backdrop to Jason Brown’s second collection of short stories, Why The Devil Chose New England For His Work. Once you’re done drooling [...]

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DONALD BARTHELME’S SYLLABUS

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Don’s Top-81 look like a lot of fun. Possibly a good mission for 2010 now that the Infinite Summer’s over.

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