June 2010
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World Cup Reading: Books, Beers, Bars →
For those of you who need to be multitasking while half-focusing on the World Cup festivities, here’s an article that should keep your thoughts all over the place.
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David Lipsky discusses his book, Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace on The Leonard Lopate Show
[via WNYC]
When Titans Clash: Comic-Book Creator Edition -... →
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Solomon Kane in Skulls in the Stars
[Illustration of Solomon Kane via Hey Oscar Wilde!]
FROM WIKIPEDIA
Solomon Kane is a fictional character created by the pulp-era writer Robert E. Howard. A late 16th / early 17th century Puritan, Solomon Kane is a sombre-looking man who wanders the world with no apparent goal other than to vanquish evil in all its forms. His adventures, published mostly in the pulp magazine Weird Tales,...
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Wall Street Journal Proves Self-Publishing is a...
The Wall Street Journal has a great piece explaining all the advantages the self-published author has behind them. It looks like the publishing industry is starting to mimic the music industry. Here is what readers of WSJ online have to say about self-publishing.
It might come as a shock to some academics and those that refuse to accept a changing business model for something as seemingly...
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New York Times Announces Top 20 Writers Under 40
They are…
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 32
Chris Adrian, 39
Daniel Alarcón, 33
David Bezmozgis, 37
Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, 38
Joshua Ferris, 35
Jonathan Safran Foer, 33
Nell Freudenberger, 35
Rivka Galchen, 34
Nicole Krauss, 35
Yiyun Li, 37
Dinaw Mengestu, 31
Philipp Meyer, 36
C. E. Morgan, 33
Téa Obreht, 24
Z Z Packer, 37
Karen Russell, 28
Salvatore ...
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