Thomas Disch’s final interview

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

If you ever doubt the value of litblogs, consider this: The last interview Thomas Disch gave can be found as a podcast at the Bat Segundo Show. Meanwhile, it’s been three days since his death and the New York Times apparently still doesn’t list an obituary for him.

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links for 2008-07-07

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

Thomas M. Disch Found Dead : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits “Science fiction legend Thomas M. Disch was found dead on July 4th. He committed suicide.” Age of Riches – Challenges of $600-a-Session Patients – Series – NYTimes.com “…Bernhard von Gudden was the psychiatrist for the Bavarian royal family and began to treat King Ludwig II, [...]

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First issue of Delmarva Review

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

I’d like to call attention to this comment from Wilson Wyatt: The first issue of The Delmarva Review, a new literary review of prose and poetry, has been published and is available. The Review is open to “the best work from all writers.” It focuses on the Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Chesapeake region, but it [...]

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Read It Again, Sam to lose carts?

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

I was a bit dismayed by this story in last week’s C-Ville: Ten years ago, Dave Taylor opened the Read It Again, Sam used bookstore, and as a way of pulling in customers, he placed waist-high racks of paperback fiction outside his front door on the bricks of the Downtown Mall. “Twenty-five percent of my [...]

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