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January 2006

• Literary Resolutions: 2006
      by Caryn Thurman on January 2, 2006
• Jamelah Reads the Classics: Anna Karenina
      by Jamelah Earle on January 3, 2006
• Talk of the Town: The New Yorker is a Litblog
      by Levi Asher on January 4, 2006
• Thompson’s Widow to Launch New Mag
      by Caryn Thurman on January 4, 2006
• Some Dusty Old Stuff
      by Levi Asher on January 5, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: January 8 2006
      by Levi Asher on January 8, 2006
• Close To Home: Finding Art Spiegelman's Maus House
      by Levi Asher on January 9, 2006
• Stamps and Quarters
      by Levi Asher on January 11, 2006
• Beat News: January 2006
      by Levi Asher on January 13, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: January 15 2006
      by Levi Asher on January 15, 2006
• Truth-Force
      by Levi Asher on January 17, 2006
• Consider the Walster
      by Levi Asher on January 18, 2006
• Memetastic: Either vs. Or #4
      by Jamelah Earle on January 20, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: January 22 2006
      by Levi Asher on January 22, 2006
• Best American Short Stories 2005 (cont.)
      by Levi Asher on January 23, 2006
• The Curious Incident of the Talking Horse and the Sad Girl and the Village Under the Sea, and Other Things
      by Levi Asher on January 25, 2006
• Nasdijj: Consult the Hyena
      by Levi Asher on January 26, 2006
• What Are You Reading?
      by Caryn Thurman on January 27, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: January 29 2006
      by Levi Asher on January 29, 2006
• All That Glisters
      by Levi Asher on January 30, 2006
• Young Adult Fiction Roundup
      by Jamelah Earle on January 31, 2006

February 2006

• We Love The 80’s
      by Levi Asher on February 1, 2006
• Trainspotting
      by Levi Asher on February 2, 2006
• Malamud Is The Case
      by Levi Asher on February 3, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: February 5 2006
      by Levi Asher on February 5, 2006
• It All Started With A Children’s Book
      by Levi Asher on February 6, 2006
• SlamWatch 2006
      by Caryn Thurman on February 7, 2006
• Dark Day for Curious George
      by Caryn Thurman on February 8, 2006
• A Little Bit of Pixie Dust…
      by Caryn Thurman on February 8, 2006
• Now I Ain’t Sayin’ She’s a Page Turner
      by Caryn Thurman on February 9, 2006
• Way Overdue
      by Caryn Thurman on February 9, 2006
• Indie Writer on Exile Island
      by Levi Asher on February 9, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: February 12 2006
      by Levi Asher on February 12, 2006
• A Few Things About Peter Benchley
      by Levi Asher on February 13, 2006
• American Life in Poetry: Geology
      by Caryn Thurman on February 14, 2006
• Jamelah Reads the Classics: Heart of Darkness
      by Jamelah Earle on February 15, 2006
• Street Smarts
      by Levi Asher on February 16, 2006
• The Motorcycle Diaries
      by Sylph on February 18, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: February 19 2006
      by Levi Asher on February 19, 2006
• Arthur and George by Julian Barnes
      by Bill Ectric on February 21, 2006
• Unearthing O’Hara: In Search Of Pal Joey
      by Levi Asher on February 21, 2006
• It’s All About The N’s
      by Levi Asher on February 23, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: February 26 2006
      by Levi Asher on February 26, 2006
• Exit, Pursued By Bear
      by Levi Asher on February 27, 2006

March 2006

• What Are You Reading?
      by Caryn Thurman on March 1, 2006
• My Poetry Is As Bad As Yours
      by Levi Asher on March 2, 2006
• Troves upon Troves: Burroughs Manuscript
      by Eli Stein on March 3, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: March 5 2006
      by Levi Asher on March 5, 2006
• Theatre Workshop In The Headlights
      by Levi Asher on March 6, 2006
• Coupland, Kool Aid and the Macbeth of New Jersey
      by Levi Asher on March 8, 2006
• Plugging
      by Levi Asher on March 9, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: March 12 2006
      by Levi Asher on March 12, 2006
• Gore Vidal at the Whitney
      by Levi Asher on March 13, 2006
• Don DeLillo’s Game Six
      by Levi Asher on March 14, 2006
• Brothers in Underpants
      by Caryn Thurman on March 16, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: March 19 2006
      by Levi Asher on March 19, 2006
• Rites of Spring
      by Levi Asher on March 20, 2006
• More Rites Of Spring
      by Levi Asher on March 21, 2006
• Quick Hits in Children’s Lit
      by Caryn Thurman on March 22, 2006
• Tom Stoppard on Speech and Freedom
      by Levi Asher on March 23, 2006
• Two-Tier Book Pricing Has Got To Go
      by Levi Asher on March 23, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: March 26 2006
      by Levi Asher on March 26, 2006
• Stanislaw Lem
      by Anemone Achtnich on March 27, 2006
• Jamelah Reads the Classics: Chick Lit Edition
      by Jamelah Earle on March 28, 2006
• Jay McInerney's Good Life: The Odeon In Dust
      by Levi Asher on March 28, 2006
• Howling at the Gods
      by Levi Asher on March 30, 2006
• Thomas Jefferson Is My Home Boy (or, The Secret Literary Life of Charlottesville)
      by Caryn Thurman on March 30, 2006

April 2006

• Celebrate Good Poetry (Come On!)
      by Caryn Thurman on April 1, 2006
• Sakura Matsuri
      by Caryn Thurman on April 2, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: April 2 2006
      by Levi Asher on April 2, 2006
• Action Poetry Still Lives!
      by Levi Asher on April 3, 2006
• Poetry Is…
      by Caryn Thurman on April 3, 2006
• Poetic News Bulletin
      by Caryn Thurman on April 4, 2006
• The Jeeves Codex
      by Levi Asher on April 5, 2006
• There’s a Party Over Here, A Party Over There
      by Caryn Thurman on April 5, 2006
• American Life in Poetry: Tangerine
      by Caryn Thurman on April 6, 2006
• Surviving
      by Levi Asher on April 6, 2006
• I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
      by Caryn Thurman on April 7, 2006
• Philip Lamantia’s Last Interview
      by Andrew Lundwall on April 7, 2006
• A Few Short Lines
      by Caryn Thurman on April 8, 2006
• The Four Subjects of Poetry
      by Caryn Thurman on April 9, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: April 9 2006
      by Levi Asher on April 9, 2006
• Poetry Foundation to World: Really, People Dig Poems
      by Caryn Thurman on April 10, 2006
• Birdbrains
      by Levi Asher on April 10, 2006
• Data Collection Experiment: Survey Says…
      by Caryn Thurman on April 11, 2006
• Poetry for Everyone
      by Caryn Thurman on April 12, 2006
• What Are You Reading?
      by Caryn Thurman on April 13, 2006
• American Life in Poetry: What We Need
      by Caryn Thurman on April 13, 2006
• Beckett Day
      by Levi Asher on April 13, 2006
• Poets on Poetry
      by Caryn Thurman on April 14, 2006
• One
      by Caryn Thurman on April 15, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: April 16 2006
      by Levi Asher on April 16, 2006
• Poetry a Go Go
      by Caryn Thurman on April 16, 2006
• Jamelah Reads the Classics: The Book of Margery Kempe
      by Jamelah Earle on April 17, 2006
• Whoopee Ti Yi Yo …
      by Caryn Thurman on April 17, 2006
• Poetry Prize Patrol
      by Caryn Thurman on April 18, 2006
• Voices, World and Otherwise
      by Levi Asher on April 19, 2006
• Because Everyone Loves Math
      by Caryn Thurman on April 19, 2006
• Jamelah Reads the Classics: The Book of Margery Kempe
      by Jamelah Earle on April 20, 2006
• American Life in Poetry: At the Edge of Town
      by Caryn Thurman on April 20, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: April 23 2006
      by Levi Asher on April 23, 2006
• The Contemptible Balabaning of Shawn
      by Levi Asher on April 24, 2006
• Indie Reviews: April 2006
      by Levi Asher on April 25, 2006
• PEN World Voices: Faith and Reason
      by Levi Asher on April 26, 2006
• PEN World Voices: Friday Dispatch
      by Levi Asher on April 28, 2006
• PEN World Voices: Bulgarian Coda
      by Levi Asher on April 30, 2006
• Skipping the Review: April 30 2006
      by Levi Asher on April 30, 2006

May 2006

• William James and the Theory of Emotion
      by Levi Asher on May 2, 2006
• My So-Called Truth: William James and the Will to Believe
      by Levi Asher on May 4, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: May 7 2006
      by Levi Asher on May 7, 2006
• Flash Mob Visits The Strand
      by Levi Asher on May 8, 2006
• My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk
      by Levi Asher on May 9, 2006
• Of Human Bondage, and the Lost Art of Melancholy
      by Levi Asher on May 11, 2006
• Troi Torain Busted, Atlas Shrugs
      by Levi Asher on May 13, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: May 14 2006
      by Levi Asher on May 14, 2006
• The Long Boat
      by Levi Asher on May 15, 2006
• Neo-Human, All Too Neo-Human
      by Levi Asher on May 16, 2006
• LitKicks Reviews: May 2006
      by Levi Asher on May 18, 2006
• Hungry Like The Wolf
      by Levi Asher on May 19, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: May 21 2006
      by Levi Asher on May 21, 2006
• Roll Over, Da Vinci
      by Jamelah Earle on May 22, 2006
• William James: Henry James’s Smarter Older Brother
      by Levi Asher on May 23, 2006
• Interview with Steve Aylett
      by Bill Ectric on May 25, 2006
• Ignoring the Review: May 28 2006
      by Levi Asher on May 27, 2006
• Delay For Rain
      by Levi Asher on May 30, 2006
• News Flash: Beloved a Good Book
      by Levi Asher on May 30, 2006

June 2006

• Action Poetry User’s Manual
      by Levi Asher on June 1, 2006
• Hugh Fox: Way, Way Off The Road
      by Doug Holder on June 1, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: June 4 2006
      by Levi Asher on June 4, 2006
• Overrated Writers, Part One: Philip Roth
      by Levi Asher on June 5, 2006
• Overrated Writers, Part Two: Joan Didion
      by Levi Asher on June 6, 2006
• Overrated Writers, Part Three: William Vollmann
      by Levi Asher on June 7, 2006
• Overrated Writers, Part Four: Cormac McCarthy and Jonathan Lethem
      by Levi Asher on June 8, 2006
• The Overrated Writers of 2006
      by Levi Asher on June 8, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: June 11 2006
      by Levi Asher on June 11, 2006
• The Lieutenant of Inishmore (or, P. S. Your Cat Is Dead)
      by Levi Asher on June 12, 2006
• The Laurels
      by Levi Asher on June 14, 2006
• John Updike at the New York Public Library
      by Levi Asher on June 16, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: June 18 2006
      by Levi Asher on June 18, 2006
• Jonathan Lethem Protests Frank Gehry Building in Brooklyn
      by Levi Asher on June 19, 2006
• Philomene Long, Poet of Venice Beach
      by Levi Asher on June 21, 2006
• Huffington Pummels Pearlstine at Slate Media Summit
      by Levi Asher on June 23, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: June 25 2006
      by Levi Asher on June 25, 2006
• Missing In Action
      by Levi Asher on June 27, 2006
• LitKicks Reviews (Part One): June 2006
      by Levi Asher on June 29, 2006
• LitKicks Reviews (Part Two): June 2006
      by Levi Asher on June 30, 2006

July 2006

• Reviewing the Review: July 2 2006
      by Levi Asher on July 1, 2006
• Co-operating
      by Levi Asher on July 5, 2006
• Jamelah Reads the Classics: St. Guglielma by Antonia Pulci
      by Jamelah Earle on July 6, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: July 9 2006
      by Levi Asher on July 9, 2006
• Megaphones and Ozick
      by Levi Asher on July 10, 2006
• Syd Barrett, Baby Lemonade
      by Levi Asher on July 11, 2006
• Does a Novel Need a Road Map?
      by Levi Asher on July 12, 2006
• We Must Love War
      by Levi Asher on July 14, 2006
• Hugging the Page
      by Levi Asher on July 15, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: July 16 2006
      by Levi Asher on July 16, 2006
• Good News
      by Levi Asher on July 17, 2006
• If Mickey Spillane Wrote Nancy
      by Levi Asher on July 18, 2006
• The Funniest Thing I’ve Heard All Day
      by Levi Asher on July 19, 2006
• Blogathon Madness
      by Levi Asher on July 20, 2006
• Channeling the Rage
      by Levi Asher on July 21, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: July 23 2006
      by Levi Asher on July 23, 2006
• Deep Cleveland
      by Levi Asher on July 24, 2006
• A Talk With Matthew Pearl
      by Levi Asher on July 26, 2006
• Old News, Courtesy of LitKicks
      by Levi Asher on July 28, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: July 30 2006
      by Levi Asher on July 30, 2006
• LitKicks Reviews: Triangle, Londonstani and Stet
      by Levi Asher on July 31, 2006

August 2006

• Of Harry Potter and Horses
      by Jamelah Earle on August 1, 2006
• When Bassists Publish Bassists
      by Levi Asher on August 3, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: August 6 2006
      by Levi Asher on August 6, 2006
• Threats to the Swords
      by Levi Asher on August 7, 2006
• Two Memoirs: A Review
      by Jamelah Earle on August 8, 2006
• One Book I’m Excited About
      by Levi Asher on August 10, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: August 13 2006
      by Levi Asher on August 13, 2006
• The Story of My Name
      by Levi Asher on August 14, 2006
• Bouncy Castle Hamlet and Other Links (on a Plane)
      by Jamelah Earle on August 15, 2006
• The Beats of August
      by Levi Asher on August 17, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: August 20 2006
      by Levi Asher on August 19, 2006
• What Are You Reading?
      by Jamelah Earle on August 21, 2006
• Under the Influence
      by Jamelah Earle on August 23, 2006
• Everybody’s Linking for the Weekend
      by Jamelah Earle on August 25, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: August 27 2006
      by Levi Asher on August 27, 2006
• Mailer’s Back
      by Levi Asher on August 28, 2006
• Five Notable Comic Books
      by Dan Erenberg on August 29, 2006
• Jamelah Reads the Classics: The Tragedy of Mariam
      by Jamelah Earle on August 30, 2006

September 2006

• When The Deal Goes Down
      by Levi Asher on September 1, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: September 3 2006
      by Levi Asher on September 3, 2006
• Strictly Business by EPMD
      by Levi Asher on September 4, 2006
• Literary Films: Under Milk Wood, Paper Lion, Ghost and Mrs. Muir
      by Levi Asher on September 6, 2006
• Reading for Pleasure
      by Jamelah Earle on September 6, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: September 10 2006
      by Levi Asher on September 10, 2006
• Eli Stein, Cartoonist
      by Levi Asher on September 11, 2006
• Steve Buscemi as Templeton the Rat (and Other Upcoming Literary Films)
      by Levi Asher on September 13, 2006
• Poetry Books: September 2006
      by Levi Asher on September 14, 2006
• Brooklyn Book Festival
      by Levi Asher on September 15, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: September 17 2006
      by Levi Asher on September 17, 2006
• That Brooklyn Mystique
      by Levi Asher on September 18, 2006
• Peace in Soho, Moans in Brooklyn
      by Levi Asher on September 19, 2006
• For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn.
      by Jamelah Earle on September 20, 2006
• Male Brains, Female Brains and Fictional Narrative
      by Finn Harvor on September 22, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: September 23 2006
      by Levi Asher on September 24, 2006
• Doy, or the Etymology of Stupid
      by Levi Asher on September 25, 2006
• September Links
      by Levi Asher on September 27, 2006
• The Bard of Bad Writing
      by Jamelah Earle on September 27, 2006

October 2006

• Reviewing the Review: October 1 2006
      by Levi Asher on October 1, 2006
• Winners
      by Levi Asher on October 2, 2006
• LitKicks Op-Ed, October 2006
      by Levi Asher on October 3, 2006
• A Writer Takes It Slow
      by Gerard Beirne on October 5, 2006
• Judging Books By Their Covers
      by Jamelah Earle on October 5, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: October 8 2006
      by Levi Asher on October 8, 2006
• Notes from New York: Gotham, Coliseum, The Moth and CBGB’s
      by Levi Asher on October 9, 2006
• Definitely Connected
      by Levi Asher on October 10, 2006
• Politics and Literature (and Terrell Owens)
      by Jamelah Earle on October 11, 2006
• We Are Not A Tribe
      by Tim Barrus on October 13, 2006
• Reviewing the Review (LIVE!): October 15 2006
      by Levi Asher on October 15, 2006
• The Books of October
      by Levi Asher on October 16, 2006
• How Pamuk Is Political
      by Levi Asher on October 17, 2006
• 1001 Ways to Spend the Next Twenty Years
      by Jamelah Earle on October 18, 2006
• If Gogol Wrote Charlotte’s Web …
      by Levi Asher on October 20, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: October 22 2006
      by Levi Asher on October 22, 2006
• What Are You Reading?
      by Levi Asher on October 23, 2006
• What I Won’t Be Reading
      by Levi Asher on October 24, 2006
• Mark Z. Danielewski Broke My Heart
      by Jamelah Earle on October 25, 2006
• Bleak House
      by Levi Asher on October 27, 2006
• Taking Back Sunday: October 29 2006
      by Levi Asher on October 29, 2006
• Planet News
      by Levi Asher on October 31, 2006

November 2006

• Three Completely Unrelated Books
      by Jamelah Earle on November 1, 2006
• Richard Powers Gets the Katie Couric Treatment
      by Levi Asher on November 2, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: November 5 2006
      by Levi Asher on November 5, 2006
• Ian McEwan Debuts Novel in New York City
      by Levi Asher on November 6, 2006
• I Am Proud …
      by Levi Asher on November 7, 2006
• Jamelah Reads The Classics: Oroonoko
      by Jamelah Earle on November 8, 2006
• Animal Farm
      by Levi Asher on November 10, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: November 12 2006
      by Levi Asher on November 12, 2006
• Raconteuring
      by Levi Asher on November 13, 2006
• Why Logic Certainly Exists, and God Probably Does Too
      by Levi Asher on November 14, 2006
• If I Did It
      by Levi Asher on November 16, 2006
• So You Want To Read Some Powers
      by Levi Asher on November 17, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: November 19 2006
      by Levi Asher on November 18, 2006
• Blogs from Iran and Iraq
      by Levi Asher on November 20, 2006
• Hit and Run …
      by Levi Asher on November 21, 2006
• The Necessity of Poetry
      by Jamelah Earle on November 22, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: November 26 2006
      by Levi Asher on November 26, 2006
• Pooter Season
      by Levi Asher on November 27, 2006
• In Berlin, By The Wall
      by Levi Asher on November 28, 2006
• The Art of the Chapbook
      by Jamelah Earle on November 29, 2006
• LitKicks Reviews: December 2006
      by Levi Asher on November 30, 2006

December 2006

• Reviewing the Review: December 3 2006
      by Levi Asher on December 3, 2006
• Running With The Turcottes: An Interview With Susan Winters Smith
      by Levi Asher on December 4, 2006
• 2006 Audio Roundup
      by Caryn Thurman on December 5, 2006
• The Best Book Ever
      by Jamelah Earle on December 6, 2006
• More LitKicks Reviews: December 2006
      by Levi Asher on December 7, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: December 10 2006
      by Levi Asher on December 10, 2006
• Is Augusten Burroughs A Rat Fink?
      by Levi Asher on December 11, 2006
• My Favorite Holocaust Myths
      by Levi Asher on December 12, 2006
• Leslie Harpold, Original Blogger
      by Levi Asher on December 14, 2006
• Reviewing the Review: December 17 2006
      by Levi Asher on December 17, 2006
• Kevin Kizer’s Book List for 2006
      by Levi Asher on December 18, 2006
• Literary Christmas Shopping Guide
      by Jamelah Earle on December 19, 2006
• The Human Comedy
      by Levi Asher on December 20, 2006
• 2771 Poems
      by Levi Asher on December 23, 2006