Check out Erika Meitner‘s new poem, Vinyl-Sided Epiphany, in Slate. Sample line: “The bullets we thought were firecrackers turned out to be bullets…”
Monthly Archives: July 2006
John Updike on Bat Segundo
Ed Champion has a really interesting interview with John Updike up on the fiftieth installment of the Bat Segundo Show. Updike talks at length about his new book, Terrorist, as well as about his politics (and aversion to politics), from Vietnam to the present day.
our orwellian world
This excerpt from Emma Larkin’s Finding George Orwell in Burma seemed particularly appropos today: The world of Nineteen Eighty-Four is divided into three powerful superstates…These three states are permanently at war with each other, fighting in the murky frontier areas between their territories…the war serves no purpose other than to boost nationalism and support for each ruling party…The important thing is the state of war itself…As the party slogan puts it, ‘War is Peace.’ In a characteristically irrational move, George W. Bush has chosen to blame Syria for Israel’s attack on Lebanon. Why not? It worked for him before....
Michelle Tea at the Commonwealth Club
Michelle Tea says: People! I, Michelle Tea, will be interviewed by the accomplished and fashionable poet, writer and arts advocate Jewelle Gomez, on Tuesday, July 18th, at the Commonwealth Club. If you were looking for a sort of fancy event where you slurp wine and nibble cheese while wearing your cutest shoes, this is maybe it. It’s $18.00 unless you’re a member of the Commonwealth Club, which is a cultural and public affairs forum.In which case it would set you back 12 clams. Like I said, there’s wine. And also cheese. And brainy Jewelle Gomez and myself engaged in...
Joshilyn Jackson’s Literary Soundtrack
Joshilyn Jackson, author of Gods in Alabama and, most recently, Between, Georgia, her second #1 Booksense Pick, stops by with her literary soundtrack. The novel received starred reviews from both Booklist and Kirkus. If you want to get a taste of Joshilyn’s winning voice, check out her blog, Faster than Kudzu. 1) the soundtrack to your latest book (what did you listen to while you were writing it?): I have no idea. I am not a very MUSICAL person. Really. I don’t just mean that I can’t carry a tune (which I can’t) or that I am ignorant about...
The international bestseller about one woman’s search for a missing child…
"Mesmerizing." ~Library Journal, starred review.
Stop dreaming, start writing!
