July 2008
Reusing the Excuse: July 20 2008
I'm physically back from the honeymoon, but mentally not completely back yet. LitKicks will return in just a couple more days -- good stuff is on the way! -- and I'll catch up with the Book Review next weekend.
Here's what we've been doing:
Here's what we've been doing:
This article is part of the Reviewing the New York Times Book Review series. The next post in the series is Reviewing the Review: July 27 2008. The previous post in the series is Reviewing the Review: June 29 2008.
A Talk with Roxana Robinson
A talk with Roxana Robinson, author of "Cost", a shattering novel about a family dealing with drug addiction recovery.
Writing to Write
So, while Levi was busy getting married, I was busy watching him getting married and then doing the Hokey Pokey at the reception. And then when I came back home, my refrigerator broke, my computer crashed, my blog’s database exploded, and then when I tried to log in to write my post here, WordPress was all, “Access DENIED. No, seriously. Go away.” The moral of this story is, of course, don’t come back from vacation. Take it from me. It’s a bad idea.
Reviewing the Review: July 27 2008
It's alarming to hear that the Los Angeles Times' budget cuts have doomed its Sunday Book Review, which will cease to exist as a standalone section of the paper after this weekend's issue. This announcement was blunt and sudden, and now, protests aside, the deed appears to be done.
This article is part of the Reviewing the New York Times Book Review series. The next post in the series is Reviewing the Review: August 3 2008. The previous post in the series is Reusing the Excuse: July 20 2008.
Spectator Sports
1. Shirley Jackson on "The Lottery" at Shaken and Stirred: "People at first were not so much concerned with what the story meant; what they wanted to know was where these lotteries were held, and whether they could go there and watch."
Visions of Bukowski
Adam Cohen, contributing here for the first time, is a student at Hunter College in New York City, a bookstore employee, a Brooklynite from Long Island, and a poet whose work has appeared in The City Poetry, Thieves Jargon, Wandering Army, and Zygote In My Coffee. -- Levi
Nine Links for Friday
1. There's an excerpt of My Name Is Will (a novel of sex, drugs and Shakespeare) on NPR.org. I mention this mainly so that I can segue into this: Shakespeare got to get paid.
