Recent Articles
March 15, 2010
Strange Bedfellows Department: Glenn Beck and The French Insurrectionists 0
by Garth Risk Hallberg
You may have heard that Glenn Beck, sower of anxiety about Obamanomics, is also a shill for gold coin dealer Goldline. But here’s a conspiracy theory for you: Does Glenn Beck also have a stake in the modish French theoretical organ Semiotext(e)? The truth is out there, people.
March 15, 2010
Hardcover Beauties 3
by C. Max Magee
Penguin is putting out snazzy, mesmerizing, jacket-less hardcover editions of a number of classics. These remind of the old books on my parents’ shelves. You won’t be able to get your hands on these for a few months though.
March 15, 2010
Country of Quakes 0
by Luke Epplin
In Chile, one learns the word for earthquake before the word for thunder, a consequence of living in a country where thunder rumbles infrequently but the earth shakes every few months.
March 15, 2010
The Road: A Comedic Translation (Part 4) 1
by Jacob Lambert
Their ravenous mouths were sandwichless, the frail lie exposed. A cracked and empty cicadashell. The new world gray and skeletonboned, heavy with reckoning. No barrelpickles anywhere, not even Polish dills.
March 12, 2010
Ask a Book Question #78 (Resources to Get Started in Publishing) 5
by Editor
“What I’d like to ask you is if you have any reading suggestions for finding out about the ins and outs of book and magazine publishing.”
March 12, 2010
Unaccommodated Man: Robert Stone’s Fun With Problems 3
by Tatjana Soli
Robert Stone is like the friend who orders a round of stiff drinks, holds your hand, and looks into the abyss with you.