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January 2007

• Memories of the Updike Novel About the Ford Administration
      by Levi Asher on January 2, 2007
• Literary New Year’s Resolutions
      by Jamelah Earle on January 3, 2007
• David Amram Talks About Music
      by Bill Ectric on January 4, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: January 7 2007
      by Levi Asher on January 7, 2007
• Norman Mailer’s Taste of Honey
      by Levi Asher on January 8, 2007
• The Bankrupting of Publishers Group West
      by Levi Asher on January 9, 2007
• Cringing
      by Jamelah Earle on January 10, 2007
• Charlotte’s Web: A Pretty Good Movie
      by Levi Asher on January 11, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: January 14 2007
      by Levi Asher on January 13, 2007
• Poker and Postmodernism: The Cards I’m Playing
      by Levi Asher on January 15, 2007
• The Litblog Co-op Selects …
      by Levi Asher on January 16, 2007
• Failing Better with Zadie Smith
      by Jamelah Earle on January 17, 2007
• Me Complaining and Talking About Myself Again
      by Levi Asher on January 18, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: January 21 2007
      by Levi Asher on January 21, 2007
• Tender is the Night, and Hamlet (Two Literary Films)
      by Levi Asher on January 22, 2007
• E. Howard Hunt, Novelist
      by Levi Asher on January 23, 2007
• Five Plays I Love
      by Jamelah Earle on January 24, 2007
• Quick Hits
      by Levi Asher on January 25, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: January 28 2007
      by Levi Asher on January 28, 2007
• Books: Too Damn Expensive
      by Levi Asher on January 29, 2007
• Cold Storage (or, Books I Can’t Read Till 2008)
      by Levi Asher on January 30, 2007
• Jamelah Reads the Classics: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
      by Jamelah Earle on January 31, 2007

February 2007

• LitKicks Reviews: January 2007
      by Levi Asher on February 1, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: February 4 2007
      by Levi Asher on February 3, 2007
• Comix ‘Round the World
      by Levi Asher on February 5, 2007
• John Crawford’s Last True Story
      by Levi Asher on February 6, 2007
• The Process
      by Jamelah Earle on February 7, 2007
• Love and Theft and Ted and Alice
      by Levi Asher on February 9, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: February 11 2007
      by Levi Asher on February 11, 2007
• Great Chick-Lit of the 70’s (or, the Books That Raised Me)
      by Levi Asher on February 12, 2007
• A Game of Chess
      by Jamelah Earle on February 14, 2007
• Let It Flow
      by Levi Asher on February 15, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: February 18 2007
      by Levi Asher on February 18, 2007
• Reckonings, Documents and Peculiar Disorders
      by Levi Asher on February 19, 2007
• Adventures in Internet Literature
      by Levi Asher on February 20, 2007
• How Much Are You Reading?
      by Jamelah Earle on February 21, 2007
• Don’t Want No Poor People ‘Round Here …
      by Levi Asher on February 22, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: February 25 2007
      by Levi Asher on February 25, 2007
• An Interview with Danny Simmons
      by Levi Asher on February 26, 2007
• Guilty Pleasures
      by Jamelah Earle on February 28, 2007

March 2007

• Building the Network
      by Levi Asher on March 1, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: March 4 2007
      by Levi Asher on March 4, 2007
• Indie Grab Bag: March 2007
      by Levi Asher on March 5, 2007
• Indie Grab Bag # 2: March 2007
      by Levi Asher on March 6, 2007
• Uncle Milty
      by Jamelah Earle on March 7, 2007
• Meditations With David Lynch
      by Levi Asher on March 9, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: March 11 2007
      by Levi Asher on March 11, 2007
• N+1 And The Blog Reflex
      by Levi Asher on March 12, 2007
• Low Expectations: The Ishmael Beah Phenomenon
      by Levi Asher on March 14, 2007
• Milan Kundera and the Invisible Writer
      by Jamelah Earle on March 15, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: March 18 2007
      by Levi Asher on March 18, 2007
• Kevin Kline as King Lear at the Public Theater
      by Levi Asher on March 19, 2007
• N+1: A Lit-Journal On A Mission
      by Levi Asher on March 20, 2007
• Becoming Multilingual
      by Jamelah Earle on March 21, 2007
• Patti’s Back (And Other News)
      by Levi Asher on March 23, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: March 25 2007
      by Levi Asher on March 25, 2007
• John Osborne’s Angry Looks
      by Levi Asher on March 26, 2007
• Thirteen Items of Interest
      by Jamelah Earle on March 28, 2007
• Lately, Zoli, The Pride of Baghdad and The Unbinding
      by Levi Asher on March 29, 2007

April 2007

• Reviewing the Review: April 1 2007
      by Levi Asher on April 1, 2007
• Cormac McCarthy: Owning My Hate
      by Levi Asher on April 2, 2007
• Five Poems I Love
      by Jamelah Earle on April 4, 2007
• More Stuff
      by Levi Asher on April 5, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: April 8 2007
      by Levi Asher on April 8, 2007
• Andrew Sullivan, Tim O’Reilly and the Neverending Battle of Free Speech
      by Levi Asher on April 9, 2007
• Jonathan Swift and Lady Montagu: an 18th Century Literary Smackdown
      by Jamelah Earle on April 11, 2007
• Kurt Vonnegut’s Message: You’ve Got To Be Kind
      by Levi Asher on April 12, 2007
• Friday Follow-Up
      by Levi Asher on April 13, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: April 15 2007
      by Levi Asher on April 15, 2007
• The Year I Worked For Walter Isaacson
      by Levi Asher on April 16, 2007
• Instant Poetry With Paul Muldoon And Brad Leithauser
      by Levi Asher on April 17, 2007
• Reflecting on Virginia Tech
      by Jamelah Earle on April 18, 2007
• Dwayne Hoover Redux
      by Levi Asher on April 20, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: April 22 2007
      by Levi Asher on April 22, 2007
• Dancing With J. Alfred: An Interview With Aynsley Vandenbroucke
      by Levi Asher on April 23, 2007
• The Most Useless Three Sentences In The World (And A Couple Other Things I’m Angry About)
      by Levi Asher on April 24, 2007
• Fun With Scansion
      by Jamelah Earle on April 25, 2007
• PEN World Voices: Wednesday Night at Town Hall
      by Levi Asher on April 26, 2007
• PEN World Voices: Words Without Borders at Columbia University
      by Levi Asher on April 27, 2007
• PEN World Voices: The Africa Track
      by Levi Asher on April 28, 2007
• PEN World Voices: Saturday Night Spoken Word
      by Levi Asher on April 29, 2007
• Shirking the Review: April 29 2007
      by Levi Asher on April 29, 2007

May 2007

• The Lit-Crit Career: It’s All About The Socioeconomics
      by Levi Asher on May 1, 2007
• Why Book Reviewers Are Important
      by Levi Asher on May 1, 2007
• Links Make the Internets Go Round
      by Jamelah Earle on May 2, 2007
• The Year Deborah Schneider Was My Agent
      by Levi Asher on May 3, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: May 6 2007
      by Levi Asher on May 6, 2007
• Book Reviews, May 2007
      by Levi Asher on May 7, 2007
• More Book Reviews: May 2007
      by Levi Asher on May 8, 2007
• Jamelah Reads The Classics: Wuthering Heights
      by Jamelah Earle on May 9, 2007
• Thunder’s Mouth To Disappear, Slapped On Way Out
      by Levi Asher on May 10, 2007
• William Low’s Old Penn Station
      by Levi Asher on May 11, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: May 13 2007
      by Levi Asher on May 13, 2007
• Happy Tuesday Links
      by Levi Asher on May 14, 2007
• Nick Bertozzi’s Cubist Comix
      by Levi Asher on May 15, 2007
• Reviewapalooza
      by Jamelah Earle on May 16, 2007
• Soft Skull Acquired, Nobody Cares
      by Levi Asher on May 17, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: May 20 2007
      by Levi Asher on May 20, 2007
• A. J. Soprano Reads Yeats
      by Levi Asher on May 20, 2007
• Michael Chabon and the Yiddish Policemen's Union
      by Cal Godot on May 21, 2007
• Yiddish In America, 2007
      by Levi Asher on May 22, 2007
• Reviewapalooza #2
      by Jamelah Earle on May 23, 2007
• Untold Stories
      by Levi Asher on May 24, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: May 27 2007
      by Levi Asher on May 27, 2007
• On To The Crystal Palace
      by Levi Asher on May 29, 2007
• Links For You to Click
      by Jamelah Earle on May 30, 2007

June 2007

• Notes From Book Expo
      by Levi Asher on June 1, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: June 3 2007
      by Levi Asher on June 3, 2007
• Cormac McCarthy Meets Oprah Winfrey, I Get On Book TV
      by Levi Asher on June 5, 2007
• Tom Bissell In Turkey
      by Bill Ectric on June 6, 2007
• My Sopranos Predictions
      by Levi Asher on June 8, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: June 10 2007
      by Levi Asher on June 10, 2007
• Launched
      by Levi Asher on June 11, 2007
• Don’t Stop Believing
      by Levi Asher on June 12, 2007
• How I’m Spending My Summer Vacation
      by Jamelah Earle on June 13, 2007
• On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
      by Levi Asher on June 14, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: June 17 2007
      by Levi Asher on June 17, 2007
• Thoughts on Sir Salman Rushdie
      by Levi Asher on June 18, 2007
• The Obligatory Summer Reading List, Or, What Are You Reading?
      by Jamelah Earle on June 20, 2007
• Enron
      by Levi Asher on June 21, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: June 24 2007
      by Levi Asher on June 24, 2007
• Mary Ann Evans Sued For Impersonating George Eliot
      by Levi Asher on June 25, 2007
• To Begin at the Beginning
      by Jamelah Earle on June 27, 2007

July 2007

• Reviewing the Review: July 1 2007
      by Levi Asher on July 1, 2007
• What is the Greatest American Book?
      by Levi Asher on July 2, 2007
• Walden, or Life in the Woods, by Henry David Thoreau
      by Levi Asher on July 5, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: July 8 2007
      by Levi Asher on July 8, 2007
• Keeping Books Away From Readers
      by Levi Asher on July 9, 2007
• Quick Hits
      by Levi Asher on July 10, 2007
• New Books Report: Felicia Luna Lemus, Rick Moody, John Twelve Hawks, Bill Ectric, Atheist’s Bible
      by Levi Asher on July 12, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: July 15 2007
      by Levi Asher on July 15, 2007
• What Booksquare Says About Book Pricing
      by Levi Asher on July 16, 2007
• New Books Report: S. Yizhar, Min Jin Lee, Jean Thompson, Eliot Katz
      by Levi Asher on July 17, 2007
• New Books Report: Kristen Tsetsi, Alan King, Carolyn Porter, Stephen D. Edington
      by Levi Asher on July 19, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: July 22 2007
      by Levi Asher on July 21, 2007
• On Language
      by Jamelah Earle on July 23, 2007
• Midweek Links
      by Jamelah Earle on July 25, 2007
• And In The End…
      by Jamelah Earle on July 27, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: July 29 2007
      by Levi Asher on July 29, 2007
• Woody Allen (and S. J. Perelman, and Ingmar Bergman)
      by Levi Asher on July 30, 2007

August 2007

• Five Books Published Before 1900 I Love
      by Jamelah Earle on August 1, 2007
• Poetry Bulletin: Charles Simic, Stephen Fry
      by Levi Asher on August 2, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: August 5 2007
      by Levi Asher on August 5, 2007
• Talking Hiphop with Brian Coleman
      by Levi Asher on August 6, 2007
• Let Them Eat Cake (or, Great Moments in Book Pricing)
      by Levi Asher on August 7, 2007
• Murder, Jane Austen and Facebook, Oh My!
      by Jamelah Earle on August 9, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: August 12 2007
      by Levi Asher on August 12, 2007
• An Interview with Katharine Weber
      by Levi Asher on August 13, 2007
• The Thrilling Conclusion of My Arabic Language Studies
      by Jamelah Earle on August 15, 2007
• In Praise of Elizabeth Murray
      by Levi Asher on August 17, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: August 19 2007
      by Levi Asher on August 18, 2007
• The Seagull Is Back
      by Levi Asher on August 20, 2007
• Jamelah Reads The Classics: Agnes Grey
      by Jamelah Earle on August 22, 2007
• Grace Paley Against Arcs
      by Leora Skolkin_Smith on August 23, 2007
• If I Invaded It
      by Levi Asher on August 24, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: August 26 2007
      by Levi Asher on August 26, 2007
• Philomene Long
      by Levi Asher on August 27, 2007
• New Books Report: August 2007
      by Levi Asher on August 28, 2007
• DOES LITERARY FICTION SUFFER FROM DYSFUNCTIONAL PRICING? A Conversation
      by Levi Asher on August 29, 2007
• Does Literary Fiction Suffer From Dysfunctional Pricing (Introduction)
      by Levi Asher on August 30, 2007

September 2007

• Reviewing the Review: September 2 2007
      by Levi Asher on September 2, 2007
• Richard Nash, Mark Sarvas, Scott Hoffman on Book Pricing for Literary Fiction
      by Levi Asher on September 3, 2007
• Kerouac Day
      by Levi Asher on September 5, 2007
• Simon Lipskar, Keith Arsenault, Dave Weich on Book Pricing for Literary Fiction
      by Levi Asher on September 5, 2007
• Book Pricing for Literary Fiction: First Week Summary
      by Levi Asher on September 7, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: September 9 2007
      by Levi Asher on September 9, 2007
• David Poindexter, Danielle Marshall, Kelly Nagle on Book Pricing for Literary Fiction
      by Levi Asher on September 10, 2007
• Alan Sorensen, John Freeman, Ami Greko on Book Pricing for Literary Fiction
      by Levi Asher on September 11, 2007
• Back To The Bowery
      by Levi Asher on September 12, 2007
• Remembering Madeleine L’Engle
      by Bill Ectric on September 13, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: September 16 2007
      by Levi Asher on September 16, 2007
• Book Pricing for Literary Fiction: The Case for Change
      by Levi Asher on September 17, 2007
• Book Pricing for Literary Fiction: Sarah Weinman, Tao Lin, Ron Hogan
      by Levi Asher on September 18, 2007
• Look Me In The Eye
      by Levi Asher on September 19, 2007
• Jamelah Reads the Classics: 20th Century Edition
      by Jamelah Earle on September 20, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: September 23 2007
      by Levi Asher on September 22, 2007
• BOMB at the BOWERY
      by Levi Asher on September 22, 2007
• Book Critics at the Author’s Guild
      by Levi Asher on September 24, 2007
• Digging Deeper Into Book Pricing: Simon Lipskar, Kassia Krozser, Doug Seibold
      by Levi Asher on September 25, 2007
• The Burroughs Brothers and the Plastic People of the Universe
      by Levi Asher on September 26, 2007
• The Pleasures of Paperbacks
      by Jamelah Earle on September 27, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: September 30 2007
      by Levi Asher on September 30, 2007

October 2007

• Looking for Franz Kafka’s Doll
      by Lila Lizabeth W... on October 1, 2007
• Exit, Pursued by Roth
      by Levi Asher on October 3, 2007
• Jamelah Reads the Classics: The Maltese Falcon
      by Jamelah Earle on October 4, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: October 7 2007
      by Levi Asher on October 6, 2007
• Endless Rain Into A Paper Cup
      by Levi Asher on October 8, 2007
• Figuring Out the Book Business
      by Levi Asher on October 8, 2007
• Doris Lessing and the Fifth Child
      by Levi Asher on October 11, 2007
• Links For Your Weekend
      by Jamelah Earle on October 11, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: October 14 2007
      by Levi Asher on October 14, 2007
• Fantasy Publisher League, Part One
      by Mary Delli Santi on October 15, 2007
• Fantasy Publisher League: Simon Collins & Random Day’s Typical Year
      by Mary Delli Santi on October 16, 2007
• Fantasy Publisher League: Ups and Downs in the Third Year
      by Mary Delli Santi on October 17, 2007
• Eight Questions with Greg Fallis
      by Jamelah Earle on October 18, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: October 21 2007
      by Levi Asher on October 20, 2007
• Book Pricing for Literary Fiction: On Critiquing the Industry
      by Levi Asher on October 22, 2007
• October 2007 New Books Report: Zakes Mda, Joshua Henkin, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
      by Levi Asher on October 24, 2007
• John Updike's Gated Community
      by Levi Asher on October 25, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: October 28 2007
      by Levi Asher on October 27, 2007
• Don’t Underestimate The Quills
      by Levi Asher on October 29, 2007
• Book Pricing for Literary Fiction: A Plea From Paperback Readers
      by Levi Asher on October 30, 2007

November 2007

• What We Edit When We Edit Raymond Carver
      by Jamelah Earle on November 1, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: November 4 2007
      by Levi Asher on November 3, 2007
• Four Hundred and Eighty Three
      by Levi Asher on November 5, 2007
• The Rise and Fall of Niggy Tardust and the Payment Model from Mars
      by Levi Asher on November 7, 2007
• Review: Son of the Ripper!
      by Jamelah Earle on November 8, 2007
• Norman Mailer, Dead at 84
      by Levi Asher on November 10, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: November 11 2007
      by Levi Asher on November 11, 2007
• Tree of Smoke: Denis Johnson’s Signifying Monkey
      by Levi Asher on November 12, 2007
• Ira Levin’s Perfect Day
      by Levi Asher on November 13, 2007
• Report from the 2007 National Book Awards
      by Levi Asher on November 15, 2007
• Beowulf and Other Literary Links
      by Jamelah Earle on November 15, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: November 18 2007
      by Levi Asher on November 17, 2007
• Amazon’s Kindle: Loser, Loser, Loser
      by Levi Asher on November 19, 2007
• Tech Problems at LitKicks
      by Levi Asher on November 19, 2007
• In Transit
      by Levi Asher on November 20, 2007
• Talking Green Publishing with Raz Godelnik
      by Levi Asher on November 22, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: November 25 2007
      by Levi Asher on November 25, 2007
• New Books Report: November 2007
      by Levi Asher on November 27, 2007
• Harsh Blow: Ken Kalfus’s PU-239
      by Levi Asher on November 28, 2007
• Five Hot Fictional Characters
      by Jamelah Earle on November 30, 2007

December 2007

• Reviewing the Review: December 2 2007
      by Levi Asher on December 2, 2007
• How They Roll With E-Books in Japan
      by Levi Asher on December 3, 2007
• In Search of Beowulf
      by Michael Norris on December 4, 2007
• Is He Dead?, a New Play by Mark Twain
      by Levi Asher on December 5, 2007
• Literary Holiday Shopping Guide for 2007
      by Jamelah Earle on December 7, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: December 9 2007
      by Levi Asher on December 9, 2007
• Rewinding the Review, December 9 2007: Sam Tanenhaus to Run Week In Review
      by Levi Asher on December 9, 2007
• An Interview with Matthew Eck
      by Levi Asher on December 10, 2007
• Everything Happens on Klickitat Street
      by Levi Asher on December 13, 2007
• Jamelah Reads the Classics: To the Lighthouse
      by Jamelah Earle on December 14, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: December 16 2007
      by Levi Asher on December 15, 2007
• New Books Report: Roy Kesey, Elizabeth Hand, Arthur Nersesian, Abbas Maroufi
      by Levi Asher on December 17, 2007
• My Dinner With Briony
      by Levi Asher on December 20, 2007
• Action Poetry 2007
      by Levi Asher on December 20, 2007