Archive for 'Reading'
Fenway Fiction Reading and Signing, October 18th 2008
Adam Pacther and Matthew Hanlon will be reading and signing copies of Fenway Fiction and Further Fenway Fiction Saturday, October 18th, 2008 at 1pm at Charlton Public Library.
Bring your copies of either Fenway Fiction, maybe get a sneak peek of the third installment of the series, and watch us shake so many hands you’ll think [...]
Posted: October 9th, 2008 under Reading, Red Sox, Writing.
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Robin Hemley on the Faux Memoir
A good read on the phenomenon of fake memoirs… not just recently, but throughout history.
CRITICAL MASS: Guest Post: Robin Hemley on the Faux Memoir:
I suggest we apply a new litmus test to the works of “memoir” we read. If the fact that this story really happened is the only thing that recommends it, then let’s [...]
Posted: May 1st, 2008 under Reading.
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Has this become a Kindle Blog or what?
All I seem to talk about here, these days, is Kindle. But this article: “Despite hurdles e-books face, E Ink Corp. of Cambridge has come into its own supplying electronic paper“, in today’s Business section of the Globe, is worth reading.
And this little zing from Carolyn Y. Johnson in the article had me snorting DD’s [...]
Posted: December 7th, 2007 under Reading.
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More on Kindle
Just when I get around to making a post (albeit a lame one) about Kindle, Sean Lindsay comes up with an excellent review/response to the Kindle launch.
101 Reasons to Stop Writing : » Where’s the Fire? Amazon’s ‘Kindle’ Fizzles
Pundits have been predicting for years that ebooks and ebook devices will eventually, finally, [...]
Posted: November 30th, 2007 under Reading.
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Kindle and the Coming Age of Ebooks
Okay, I don’t want to sound like Sven Birkerts, (God help me, let me never sound like Sven — and by no means consider that link as an endorsement of the book at the end of it), but I agree with Chip Kidd when he dumps this post on us:
A Brief Message: Notify the Next [...]
Posted: November 28th, 2007 under Reading.
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“The Interchanging of Atoms”
★ Samwise rides again » Blog Archive » What the … Bi-cycle-sexual ★:
From Aunty …
A man caught trying to have sex with his bicycle has been sentenced
I would bet serious money (or at least a drink) on this guy having ridden (not like that) for far too long on bicycles in the [...]
Posted: November 15th, 2007 under General, Reading.
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Borders Book Club: Michael Chabon
Borders Book Club: Michael Chabon:
Chabon’s book is a smart homage to ’40s noir and an earnest reflection on lives in exile
This was actually a pretty interesting video book club meeting with Michael Chabon about his latest book… I figured, upon seeing the mail from Borders, that I would maybe watch the first clip or so, [...]
Posted: May 3rd, 2007 under Reading.
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Kurt Vonnegut dies at 84
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Writer Kurt Vonnegut dies at 84:
One of the outstanding figures of modern US literature, Kurt Vonnegut, has died aged 84 in New York.
What a royal bummer.
“Destiny Calling“, a short story I wrote and sent to Kurt after finishing Timequake (Kurt Jr. Vonnegut) (got off the plane from London, took the [...]
Posted: April 12th, 2007 under Reading.
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James Sallis – the Lew Griffin series
This is more for reference than anything, when I recommend this series to people.
The order is:
The Long-Legged Fly
Moth
Black Hornet
Eye of the Cricket
Bluebottle
Ghost of a Flea
Well, well worth reading.
Posted: December 1st, 2006 under Reading.
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