Month: July 2009

July 30, 2009

>Blu

>There’s a nice article in The Hook (New valley pub launches) about the recent birth of Blu Magazine. Blu, a monthly arts and culture…
July 29, 2009

>The New Yorker: "The Valetudinarian" by Joshua Ferris

>Ferris has a novel coming out in January (The Unnamed) but this story doesn’t seem to be an excerpt from that, for which I’m…
July 29, 2009

>New Acquisitions

>I’ve picked up a few new books lately. One that I’m excited to read is Endpoint, John Updike’s poetry that he wrote as he…
July 28, 2009

>Man Booker Prize Long List

>The long list of 13 has been announced for the 2009 Man Booker Prize: Byatt, AS: The Children’s Book Random House – Chatto and…
July 23, 2009

>The New Yorker: "The Five Wounds" by Kirstin Valdez Quade

>Although I don’t have any real complaints about this story, and it kept me engaged right to the last sentence, I can’t say I…
July 21, 2009

>The Atlantic Summer Fiction Issue

>The Atlantic’s Summer Fiction Issue is out, and it looks pretty good to me. Included in the issue is this essay by Tim O’Brien…
July 21, 2009

>Ru Freeman’s A Disobedient Girl

>Today is Publication Day for Ru Freeman‘s book A Disobedient Girl. Read Ru’s reflections on the event: On Publication. From what I hear, the…
July 21, 2009

>Best of the Web 2009

> I’m pleased to join the internet invasion by Best of the Web 2009 from Dzanc Books by presenting this guest post from Marcela…
July 20, 2009

>LitMag Reviews

>Check out a whole bunch of new literary magazine reviews at NewPages.com.
July 20, 2009

>Sunflowers

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