Human Smoke Roundtable

Posted on March 14, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

It’s a resounding broadside against critics who think literary blogging is just a bunch of know-nothings with computers in a basement in Terre Haute: Edward Champion brings us The Human Smoke Roundtable. Human Smoke is a brand new title from Nicholson Baker which is proving to be a “500-page Rorschach test” for reviewers: LA Times: [...]

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links for 2008-03-14

Posted on March 14, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

Predictably / Irrational “Ariely unmasks the subtle but powerful tricks that our minds play on us.” IFC signs pact with devil Blockbuster “Friends Don’t Let Friends Go To Blockbuster.” HT: CVillain Strange Maps Many maps, many points of view. HT paperpools reconsidering late-period Bowie | The Butter Room “Bowie not only never lost his ‘cool,’ [...]

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Virginia Festival of the Book highlights

Posted on March 14, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

Some highlights from the most recent email from the Book Festival’s Associate Program Director, Kevin McFadden. For more information, see the Virginia Festival of the Book, or subscribe to email updates. I. Walter Mosley: Inspiration to Write That Book VABook! 2008 Headliner Walter Mosley has written 29 books across many genres: novels, thrillers, essays, sci-fi, [...]

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Is there any substitute for the Bible?

Posted on March 14, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

Scott Esposito at Conversational Reading raises what must be a common dilemma: how can a student or critic of literature properly approach the Western canon without a thorough knowledge of the Bible (both Christian and Hebrew scriptures)? Indeed: Take, for instance, that question many of us enjoy debating: Which books deserve to be in the [...]

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