Curiosities
March 29, 2012
It’s the reader. 0
by Emily M. Keeler
In his review of Ben Marcus‘s The Flame Alphabet for the LARB, Lee Konstantinou suggests that we have now moved well beyond the death of the author: “In an era where everyone has a novel waiting to come out, authors are legion; it’s the reader who seems, well, dead.” When we interviewed Marcus earlier this [...]
March 29, 2012
“The ringing, defiant poetry of Adrienne Rich.” 0
by Emily M. Keeler
The New Yorker has made six poems that Adrienne Rich published in the magazine available online.
March 29, 2012
Now nothing beneath the bad smelling sky 1
by Emily M. Keeler
The Lorax has been stolen from the Dr. Suess memorial sculpture garden.
March 29, 2012
Wild night 0
by Emily M. Keeler
On Monday night Cheryl Strayed, also loved as The Rumpus‘s “Dear Sugar” advice columnist, was celebrated at Housing Works Bookstore. Tiffany Gibert gives us the scoop in the latest installment of #LitBeat.
March 29, 2012
“Freedom is not a tea party, India. Freedom is a war.” 3
by Emily M. Keeler
Recently Salman Rushdie spoke at a conference in Delhi. He had been scheduled to appear with the Pakistani politician Imran Khan, who later pulled out of the event citing the “immeasurable hurt” that The Satanic Verses had done to Muslims. Rushdie, who had earlier been prevented from attending the Jaipur literary festival for fear of [...]
March 29, 2012
The Writer’s Bedroom 1
by Bill Morris
We recently ran a piece called “Where We Write,” in which our staff writers posted photographs of their work spaces. Apartment Therapy has taken it a step further and revealed where some famous and not-so-well-known writers slept. Turns out a bedroom, like a work space, speaks volumes about a writer. But one question remains: What [...]
