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Curiosities: Seekers, Idiots, Grazers, Browsers, Campers, Independents, Time-Sucks

By Editor posted at 2:08 pm on June 7, 2009 2

Lots of action with the online mags: There’s a new issue of The Hipster Book Club, with a review of Aleksander Hemon’s Love and Other Obstacles, and an interview with Glen David Gold. There’s a new Quarterly Conversation, which includes Scott Esposito’s thoughtful consideration of Cormac McCarthy. Issue 3 of N1BR is out. And the first issue of The Point includes a piece on David Foster Wallace’s legacy.
Brooklyn gets a new bookstore: Greenlight!
Corpus Librus, the BEA edition
In an interview with Ed Champion, Sherman Alexie clarifies his comments about the Kindle being elitist.
Tibor Fischer shares a first look at Thomas Pynchon’s forthcoming Inherent Vice.
The seven types of bookstore customers. (via)
An incredible collection of pocket paperback colophons.
Coming soon from The Onion, Inventory, a collection of “obsessively specific pop-culture lists.”
The Ask Metafilter crowd suggests what to read after 2666.
For fans of style guides, here’s one from The Economist
FOUND Magazine founder Davy Rothbart is crazy about vintage NBA jerseys. (via)
Further Reading: Edan’s post on gifting books in a digital age generated a bunch of interesting comments. Be sure to check them out. On a related note, in PopMatters, Michael Antman bemoans the disappearance of the “physical manifestations of contemporary culture.”

2 Responses to “Curiosities: Seekers, Idiots, Grazers, Browsers, Campers, Independents, Time-Sucks”

Anonymous
at 4:12 am on June 8, 2009

The link for the item re: Tibor Fischer/Pynchn just goes to the Amazon page. Not the first time this has happened. Is there a story to link to? What's the deal?

Max
at 4:17 am on June 8, 2009

Oops. Sorry for the oversight. Fischer/Pynchon link added.

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