February 2012
“You don’t write because you want to say something, you write because you have...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via rebellingwithoutcause)
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thingznstuffs:
“Shake It...
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cypriots replied to your post: Today started terribly. I was woken up an hour…
Nathan Englander is a great guy. I was lucky enough to interview him for a magazine I work for, and he was nothing but nice. Haven’t read his new collection yet, but have fun at his reading tomorrow!
That’s great to hear! I can’t wait to meet him tomorrow. The new collection is all I’ve read...
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starttofin replied to your post: Today started terribly. I was woken up an hour…
Soooooo, what are the details on jansma’s book?
(Picture this in a PR voice.) Well Nick, I’m glad you asked! The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards is being released by Viking Press in February 2013. After February 2013 I am determining my friends based on whether or not they bought, read, and absolutely...
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Today started terribly. I was woken up an hour before my alarm by the-most-inconsiderate-roommate-I’ve-ever-known. Basically I was a horror to be around until I got coffee in my system. It’s been beyond wonderful since then.
Like every good Wednesday, Kris and I got coffee (then took a walk, then got more coffee), and the weather was gorgeous and sunny and there were adorable children...
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Watchnathanenglander:
powells:
Ann Patchett, author of Bel Canto and State of Wonder and champion of independent bookstores, rocks on the Colbert Report.
“This is a story about redemption.”— a talk on the full-circle nature of book selling. Borders crushed independent bookstores, Amazon crushed Borders…and now those wonderful independents are back and in high demand.
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“Professional lives, which take turns you can never imagine—from lawyer to...”
– John Green (via effinglioness)
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“Seymour once said that all we do our whole lives is go from one little piece of...”
– J.D. Salinger, Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction (via corrodedvessel)
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I'm giving up tumblr for Lent.
fishingboatproceeds:
…is an example of something I would say if I had willpower or moral courage.
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“If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest...”
– Dorothy Parker (via myimaginarybrooklyn)
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Reading a book really is better the second time... →
vintageanchor:
Second read-through is ‘more emotional’
Can offer mental health benefits, say researchers
Same effect applies to watching films or holidaying in familiar places
Reading a favourite book for a second time often feels like a different experience - now scientists say that it actually IS different.
The habit of watching films or reading books multiple times encourages people to...
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And I!!!
I picked an awful weekend to come home to pick up my W-2s and some t-shirts for the gym. My sister is out on a date with a guy who doesn’t like books (he bought her a Kindle, dear god). My dad is, genuinely and with no irony, mourning Whitney Houston (The Body Guard is his favorite movie, he’s really an incredibly odd man). And my cat is even too tired to want to hang out. I’m on...
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"Is Amazon Destroying or Democratizing... →
I feel the need to post this article solely because of how completely outraged it made me. Sorry, Forbes, keep your business ideas out of my publishing.
Don’t insult traditional publishing or call it old-fashioned. Art is old-fashioned, if old-fashioned means that it takes a lot of time, sweat, dedication and love. Mass-production says nothing of quality. And just because Amazon may have...
