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Great Gatsby Video Game Lets You Party Like It’s 1929

Every now and then, the highly esteemed Shawn Rosler drops something on my Facebook wall that amazes, confounds, and renders me generally useless with fanboy delight. Maybe it’s something about Noel...

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Electric Juxtapostion: “I Was Trying To Describe You To Someone” and “City of...

I came across Brautigan’s story on Flickr. It made me think right away of Chad VanGaalen’s beautiful song.  Begging your pardon as I channel my inner teaching assistant: What do you make of this...

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This Website Maps Your Literary Tastes and Tendencies

Literature Map says: What else do readers of [any other famous author] read? The closer two writers are, the more likely someone will like both of them. Click on any name to travel along. Did it map...

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30-Second Book Review: Make a Nerdy Living

Make a Nerdy Living: How to Turn Your Passions Into Profit, with Advice from Nerds Around the Globe by Alex Langley scratches at least two itches. One: It’s a motivator.  If other people can do it, you...

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Fourteen Pounds of Books and Gift Receipts

A few weeks ago, I order ordered books from Powell’s.  When the box arrived on Monday, it weighed 14 pounds. Saul Bellow, D.H. Lawrence, and Joseph Conrad top the list.  Some things I’ve read before...

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Last Night’s Reading, Yesterday’s Writing

Last night, I read: “The Woman Who Rode Away” by DH Lawrence The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, Chapters 1 – 3. If anyone would like to talk about either of those selections, please do comment...

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Tonight’s Reading Plan: Lawrence and Lebowski

I’m reading Lawrence, Hemingway and Anderson. Tonight, I will read a few chapters in the Sun Also Rises and perhaps a little more of St. Mawr.  I’m also reading The Most Excellent Comedie and Tragical...

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