May 2011
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‘Alfred Kazin’s Journals’ - Review - NYTimes.com →
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Lila Azam Zanganeh: 'I've always wanted to push... →
May 27th
“Are book apps the next chapter for ebooks?”
– Are book apps the next chapter for ebooks? - Telegraph
May 27th
“Noah Webster, Founding Father”
– Book Review - The Forgotten Founding Father - Noah Webster’s Obsession and the Creation of an American Culture - By Joshua Kendall - NYTimes.com
May 27th
How Paris Created America - "The Greater Journey -... →
“David McCullough has stressed France’s pre-eminent role in American history for years. We would not, he has argued, have a country without the French, who have permanently and profoundly shaped us. If anyone could get away with suggesting that room be made on Mount Rushmore for Astérix it is McCullough. He seems to have had something else in mind, however. With “The Greater Journey:...
May 27th
To the Lighthouse  →
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All I Know About Gertrude Stein  →
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Great Book Editors Are Not an Endangered Species -... →
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For Gary Shteyngart, Hunting Food and Ideas on... →
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Book Review - The Anatomy of Influence - By Harold... →
May 21st
The Twitter Trap - NYTimes.com →
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Super Sad True Love Story →
May 19th
Judge quits over Philip Roth's Booker win | Books... →
May 18th
“Dancing on the White Page Black Women Entertainers Writing Autobiography”
– Dancing on the White Page
May 18th
“Reading in a Digital Age Notes on why the novel and the Internet are...”
– Reading in a Digital Age: an article by Sven Birkerts | The American Scholar
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“The most influential man in history”
– The most influential man in history
May 18th
Dear Book Lover: Words of Literary Inspiration →
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Book Covers That Got Away - Multimedia Feature -... →
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On Second Thought - Where I Was From - Joan Didion →
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Philip Roth wins Man Booker International prize  →
May 18th
Marshall McLuhan: Das Medium sei die Massage  →
Douglass Coupland’s biography about Marshall McLuhan - 100th Birthday of McLuhan in 2011. Also intersting concerning media, web 2.0 etc. Nicolas Carr’s Blog and book “The Shallows - What the internet is doing to our brains”  http://www.roughtype.com/
May 17th
Photo Booth: Henry Wessel’s Vintage America : The... →
“Henry Wessel’s photographs wryly depict an American West of decades past. Taken between 1968 and 1987, Wessel’s pictures explore suburban pockets and the roads in between: a man calmly watches a flock of birds pass through his lawn, a dog chews on a tree. His black-and-white images are sunny, offbeat, and cool as a cucumber. On view at Pace/MacGill through July 8th. Here are a few...
May 17th
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“SMASH” (via Los Angeles Times — Entertainment - latimes.com)
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The Age of Citation - NYTimes.com →
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Translation as Ambassador - Publishing and... →
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Why celebrity memoirs rule publishing | Books |... →
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Mono master: photographer William Eggleston in... →
May 16th
Andre Dubus III Traces a Violent Youth in ‘Townie’... →
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Guardian Books podcast: Memory and truth | Books |... →
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BLUE NIGHTS by Joan Didion | Kirkus Book Reviews →
May 16th
‘Small Memories’ by José Saramago - Review -... →
Memoir by José Saramago Quote from the text: “The world is so beautiful, it makes me sad to think I have to die.”
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