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January 2007

• Memories of the Updike Novel About the Ford Administration (1 comment) by Levi Asher on January 2, 2007
• Literary New Year’s Resolutions (15 comments) by Jamelah Earle on January 3, 2007
• David Amram Talks About Music (7 comments) by Bill Ectric on January 4, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: January 7 2007 (7 comments) by Levi Asher on January 7, 2007
• Norman Mailer’s Taste of Honey (4 comments) by Levi Asher on January 8, 2007
• The Bankrupting of Publishers Group West (7 comments) by Levi Asher on January 9, 2007
• Cringing (5 comments) by Jamelah Earle on January 10, 2007
• Charlotte’s Web: A Pretty Good Movie (4 comments) by Levi Asher on January 11, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: January 14 2007 (6 comments) by Levi Asher on January 13, 2007
• Poker and Postmodernism: The Cards I’m Playing (5 comments) by Levi Asher on January 15, 2007
• The Litblog Co-op Selects … (3 comments) by Levi Asher on January 16, 2007
• Failing Better with Zadie Smith (2 comments) by Jamelah Earle on January 17, 2007
• Me Complaining and Talking About Myself Again (16 comments) by Levi Asher on January 18, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: January 21 2007 (2 comments) by Levi Asher on January 21, 2007
• Tender is the Night, and Hamlet (Two Literary Films) (11 comments) by Levi Asher on January 22, 2007
• E. Howard Hunt, Novelist (2 comments) by Levi Asher on January 23, 2007
• Five Plays I Love (13 comments) by Jamelah Earle on January 24, 2007
• Quick Hits (8 comments) by Levi Asher on January 25, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: January 28 2007 (1 comment) by Levi Asher on January 28, 2007
• Books: Too Damn Expensive (16 comments) by Levi Asher on January 29, 2007
• Cold Storage (or, Books I Can’t Read Till 2008) (8 comments) by Levi Asher on January 30, 2007
• Jamelah Reads the Classics: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1 comment) by Jamelah Earle on January 31, 2007

February 2007

• LitKicks Reviews: January 2007 (3 comments) by Levi Asher on February 1, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: February 4 2007 (6 comments) by Levi Asher on February 3, 2007
• Comix ‘Round the World (1 comment) by Levi Asher on February 5, 2007
• John Crawford’s Last True Story (1 comment) by Levi Asher on February 6, 2007
• The Process (25 comments) by Jamelah Earle on February 7, 2007
• Love and Theft and Ted and Alice (2 comments) by Levi Asher on February 9, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: February 11 2007 (5 comments) by Levi Asher on February 11, 2007
• Great Chick-Lit of the 70’s (or, the Books That Raised Me) (26 comments) by Levi Asher on February 12, 2007
• A Game of Chess (15 comments) by Jamelah Earle on February 14, 2007
• Let It Flow (4 comments) by Levi Asher on February 15, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: February 18 2007 (6 comments) by Levi Asher on February 18, 2007
• Reckonings, Documents and Peculiar Disorders by Levi Asher on February 19, 2007
• Adventures in Internet Literature (7 comments) by Levi Asher on February 20, 2007
• How Much Are You Reading? (11 comments) by Jamelah Earle on February 21, 2007
• Don’t Want No Poor People ‘Round Here … (1 comment) by Levi Asher on February 22, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: February 25 2007 (3 comments) by Levi Asher on February 25, 2007
• An Interview with Danny Simmons (6 comments) by Levi Asher on February 26, 2007
• Guilty Pleasures (27 comments) by Jamelah Earle on February 28, 2007

March 2007

• Building the Network (12 comments) by Levi Asher on March 1, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: March 4 2007 (12 comments) by Levi Asher on March 4, 2007
• Indie Grab Bag: March 2007 (5 comments) by Levi Asher on March 5, 2007
• Indie Grab Bag # 2: March 2007 (7 comments) by Levi Asher on March 6, 2007
• Uncle Milty (4 comments) by Jamelah Earle on March 7, 2007
• Meditations With David Lynch (2 comments) by Levi Asher on March 9, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: March 11 2007 (2 comments) by Levi Asher on March 11, 2007
• N+1 And The Blog Reflex (6 comments) by Levi Asher on March 12, 2007
• Low Expectations: The Ishmael Beah Phenomenon (9 comments) by Levi Asher on March 14, 2007
• The Invisible Writer (16 comments) by Jamelah Earle on March 15, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: March 18 2007 (7 comments) by Levi Asher on March 18, 2007
• Kevin Kline as King Lear at the Public Theater (9 comments) by Levi Asher on March 19, 2007
• N+1: A Lit-Journal On A Mission (5 comments) by Levi Asher on March 20, 2007
• Becoming Multilingual (12 comments) by Jamelah Earle on March 21, 2007
• Patti’s Back (And Other News) (5 comments) 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 (4 comments) by Levi Asher on March 26, 2007
• Thirteen Items of Interest (4 comments) 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 (32 comments) by Levi Asher on April 2, 2007
• Five Poems I Love (24 comments) by Jamelah Earle on April 4, 2007
• More Stuff (4 comments) by Levi Asher on April 5, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: April 8 2007 (1 comment) by Levi Asher on April 8, 2007
• Andrew Sullivan, Tim O’Reilly and the Neverending Battle of Free Speech (10 comments) by Levi Asher on April 9, 2007
• Jonathan Swift and Lady Montagu: an 18th Century Literary Smackdown (7 comments) by Jamelah Earle on April 11, 2007
• Kurt Vonnegut’s Message: You’ve Got To Be Kind (14 comments) by Levi Asher on April 12, 2007
• Friday Follow-Up (7 comments) by Levi Asher on April 13, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: April 15 2007 (2 comments) by Levi Asher on April 15, 2007
• The Year I Worked For Walter Isaacson (3 comments) by Levi Asher on April 16, 2007
• Instant Poetry With Paul Muldoon And Brad Leithauser (3 comments) by Levi Asher on April 17, 2007
• Reflecting on Virginia Tech (5 comments) by Jamelah Earle on April 18, 2007
• Dwayne Hoover Redux (5 comments) 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 (5 comments) by Levi Asher on April 23, 2007
• The Most Useless Three Sentences In The World (And A Couple Other Things I’m Angry About) (9 comments) by Levi Asher on April 24, 2007
• Fun With Scansion (9 comments) by Jamelah Earle on April 25, 2007
• PEN World Voices: Wednesday Night at Town Hall (3 comments) by Levi Asher on April 26, 2007
• PEN World Voices: Words Without Borders at Columbia University (5 comments) 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 (1 comment) by Levi Asher on April 29, 2007
• The Lit-Crit Career: It’s All About The Socioeconomics (3 comments) by Levi Asher on April 30, 2007

May 2007

• Why Book Reviewers Are Important (6 comments) by Levi Asher on May 1, 2007
• Links Make the Internets Go Round (10 comments) by Jamelah Earle on May 2, 2007
• The Year Deborah Schneider Was My Agent (9 comments) by Levi Asher on May 3, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: May 6 2007 (2 comments) by Levi Asher on May 6, 2007
• Book Reviews, May 2007 by Levi Asher on May 7, 2007
• More Book Reviews: May 2007 (8 comments) by Levi Asher on May 8, 2007
• Jamelah Reads The Classics: Wuthering Heights (9 comments) by Jamelah Earle on May 9, 2007
• Thunder’s Mouth To Disappear, Slapped On Way Out (5 comments) by Levi Asher on May 10, 2007
• William Low’s Old Penn Station (4 comments) by Levi Asher on May 11, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: May 13 2007 (6 comments) by Levi Asher on May 13, 2007
• Happy Tuesday Links (1 comment) by Levi Asher on May 14, 2007
• Nick Bertozzi’s Cubist Comix (1 comment) by Levi Asher on May 15, 2007
• Reviewapalooza by Jamelah Earle on May 16, 2007
• Soft Skull Acquired, Nobody Cares (9 comments) 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 (5 comments) by Levi Asher on May 20, 2007
• The Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Michael Chabon (2 comments) by Cal Godot on May 21, 2007
• Yiddish In America, 2007 (1 comment) by Levi Asher on May 22, 2007
• Reviewapalooza #2 (1 comment) by Jamelah Earle on May 23, 2007
• Untold Stories (2 comments) by Levi Asher on May 24, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: May 27 2007 (6 comments) by Levi Asher on May 27, 2007
• On To The Crystal Palace (3 comments) by Levi Asher on May 29, 2007
• Links For You to Click (5 comments) by Jamelah Earle on May 30, 2007

June 2007

• Notes From Book Expo (5 comments) by Levi Asher on June 1, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: June 3 2007 (6 comments) by Levi Asher on June 3, 2007
• Cormac McCarthy Meets Oprah Winfrey, I Get On Book TV (2 comments) by Levi Asher on June 5, 2007
• Tom Bissell In Turkey (3 comments) by Bill Ectric on June 6, 2007
• My Sopranos Predictions (7 comments) by Levi Asher on June 8, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: June 10 2007 (2 comments) by Levi Asher on June 10, 2007
• Launched (6 comments) by Levi Asher on June 11, 2007
• Don’t Stop Believing (3 comments) by Levi Asher on June 12, 2007
• How I’m Spending My Summer Vacation (8 comments) by Jamelah Earle on June 13, 2007
• On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan (4 comments) by Levi Asher on June 14, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: June 17 2007 (1 comment) by Levi Asher on June 17, 2007
• Thoughts on Sir Salman Rushdie (24 comments) by Levi Asher on June 18, 2007
• The Obligatory Summer Reading List, Or, What Are You Reading? (13 comments) by Jamelah Earle on June 20, 2007
• Enron (9 comments) by Levi Asher on June 21, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: June 24 2007 (1 comment) by Levi Asher on June 24, 2007
• Mary Ann Evans Sued For Impersonating George Eliot (16 comments) by Levi Asher on June 25, 2007
• To Begin at the Beginning (43 comments) by Jamelah Earle on June 27, 2007

July 2007

• Reviewing the Review: July 1 2007 (7 comments) by Levi Asher on July 1, 2007
• What is the Greatest American Book? (62 comments) by Levi Asher on July 2, 2007
• Walden, or Life in the Woods, by Henry David Thoreau (31 comments) by Levi Asher on July 5, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: July 8 2007 (5 comments) by Levi Asher on July 8, 2007
• Keeping Books Away From Readers (9 comments) by Levi Asher on July 9, 2007
• Quick Hits (4 comments) by Levi Asher on July 10, 2007
• New Books Report: Felicia Luna Lemus, Rick Moody, John Twelve Hawks, Bill Ectric, Atheist’s Bible (10 comments) 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 (16 comments) 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 (3 comments) by Levi Asher on July 19, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: July 22 2007 (1 comment) by Levi Asher on July 21, 2007
• On Language (3 comments) by Jamelah Earle on July 23, 2007
• Midweek Links (3 comments) by Jamelah Earle on July 25, 2007
• And In The End… (14 comments) 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) (6 comments) by Levi Asher on July 30, 2007

August 2007

• Five Books Published Before 1900 I Love (15 comments) by Jamelah Earle on August 1, 2007
• Poetry Bulletin: Charles Simic, Stephen Fry (18 comments) by Levi Asher on August 2, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: August 5 2007 (2 comments) by Levi Asher on August 5, 2007
• Talking Hiphop with Brian Coleman (5 comments) by Levi Asher on August 6, 2007
• Let Them Eat Cake (or, Great Moments in Book Pricing) (13 comments) by Levi Asher on August 7, 2007
• Murder, Jane Austen and Facebook, Oh My! (2 comments) by Jamelah Earle on August 9, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: August 12 2007 (1 comment) by Levi Asher on August 12, 2007
• An Interview with Katharine Weber (4 comments) by Levi Asher on August 13, 2007
• The Thrilling Conclusion of My Arabic Language Studies (2 comments) by Jamelah Earle on August 15, 2007
• In Praise of Elizabeth Murray (2 comments) by Levi Asher on August 17, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: August 19 2007 (15 comments) by Levi Asher on August 18, 2007
• The Seagull Is Back (17 comments) by Levi Asher on August 20, 2007
• Jamelah Reads The Classics: Agnes Grey (2 comments) by Jamelah Earle on August 22, 2007
• Grace Paley Against Arcs (6 comments) by Leora Skolkin-Smith on August 23, 2007
• If I Invaded It (2 comments) by Levi Asher on August 24, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: August 26 2007 (6 comments) by Levi Asher on August 26, 2007
• Philomene Long (5 comments) by Levi Asher on August 27, 2007
• New Books Report: August 2007 (2 comments) 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) (5 comments) by Levi Asher on August 30, 2007

September 2007

• Reviewing the Review: September 2 2007 (3 comments) by Levi Asher on September 2, 2007
• Richard Nash, Mark Sarvas, Scott Hoffman on Book Pricing for Literary Fiction (7 comments) by Levi Asher on September 3, 2007
• Kerouac Day (4 comments) by Levi Asher on September 5, 2007
• Simon Lipskar, Keith Arsenault, Dave Weich on Book Pricing for Literary Fiction (18 comments) by Levi Asher on September 5, 2007
• Book Pricing for Literary Fiction: First Week Summary (7 comments) by Levi Asher on September 7, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: September 9 2007 (1 comment) by Levi Asher on September 9, 2007
• David Poindexter, Danielle Marshall, Kelly Nagle on Book Pricing for Literary Fiction (10 comments) by Levi Asher on September 10, 2007
• Alan Sorensen, John Freeman, Ami Greko on Book Pricing for Literary Fiction (10 comments) by Levi Asher on September 11, 2007
• Back To The Bowery (5 comments) by Levi Asher on September 12, 2007
• Remembering Madeleine L’Engle (2 comments) by Bill Ectric on September 13, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: September 16 2007 (4 comments) by Levi Asher on September 16, 2007
• Book Pricing for Literary Fiction: The Case for Change (2 comments) by Levi Asher on September 17, 2007
• Book Pricing for Literary Fiction: Sarah Weinman, Tao Lin, Ron Hogan (5 comments) by Levi Asher on September 18, 2007
• Look Me In The Eye (4 comments) by Levi Asher on September 19, 2007
• Jamelah Reads the Classics: 20th Century Edition (24 comments) by Jamelah Earle on September 20, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: September 23 2007 (3 comments) by Levi Asher on September 22, 2007
• BOMB at the BOWERY (2 comments) by Levi Asher on September 22, 2007
• Book Critics at the Author’s Guild (3 comments) by Levi Asher on September 24, 2007
• Digging Deeper Into Book Pricing: Simon Lipskar, Kassia Krozser, Doug Seibold (6 comments) by Levi Asher on September 25, 2007
• The Burroughs Brothers and the Plastic People of the Universe (2 comments) by Levi Asher on September 26, 2007
• The Pleasures of Paperbacks (13 comments) by Jamelah Earle on September 27, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: September 30 2007 (5 comments) by Levi Asher on September 30, 2007

October 2007

• Looking for Franz Kafka’s Doll (5 comments) by Lila Lizabeth Weisberger on October 1, 2007
• Exit, Pursued by Roth (1 comment) by Levi Asher on October 3, 2007
• Jamelah Reads the Classics: The Maltese Falcon (4 comments) by Jamelah Earle on October 4, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: October 7 2007 (1 comment) 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 (5 comments) by Levi Asher on October 8, 2007
• Doris Lessing and the Fifth Child (4 comments) by Levi Asher on October 11, 2007
• Links For Your Weekend (4 comments) by Jamelah Earle on October 11, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: October 14 2007 (2 comments) by Levi Asher on October 14, 2007
• Fantasy Publisher League, Part One (5 comments) by Mary Delli Santi on October 15, 2007
• Fantasy Publisher League: Simon Collins & Random Day’s Typical Year (6 comments) by Mary Delli Santi on October 16, 2007
• Fantasy Publisher League: Ups and Downs in the Third Year (12 comments) by Mary Delli Santi on October 17, 2007
• Eight Questions with Greg Fallis (11 comments) by Jamelah Earle on October 18, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: October 21 2007 (5 comments) by Levi Asher on October 20, 2007
• Book Pricing for Literary Fiction: On Critiquing the Industry (10 comments) 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 (8 comments) by Levi Asher on October 25, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: October 28 2007 (14 comments) by Levi Asher on October 27, 2007
• Don’t Underestimate The Quills (1 comment) by Levi Asher on October 29, 2007
• Book Pricing for Literary Fiction: A Plea From Paperback Readers (7 comments) by Levi Asher on October 30, 2007

November 2007

• What We Edit When We Edit Raymond Carver (9 comments) by Jamelah Earle on November 1, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: November 4 2007 (9 comments) by Levi Asher on November 3, 2007
• Four Hundred and Eighty Three (2 comments) 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 (4 comments) by Levi Asher on November 10, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: November 11 2007 (9 comments) by Levi Asher on November 11, 2007
• Tree of Smoke: Denis Johnson’s Signifying Monkey (4 comments) by Levi Asher on November 12, 2007
• Ira Levin’s Perfect Day (5 comments) by Levi Asher on November 13, 2007
• Report from the 2007 National Book Awards (4 comments) by Levi Asher on November 15, 2007
• Beowulf and Other Literary Links (12 comments) by Jamelah Earle on November 15, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: November 18 2007 (4 comments) by Levi Asher on November 17, 2007
• Amazon’s Kindle: Loser, Loser, Loser (18 comments) by Levi Asher on November 19, 2007
• Tech Problems at LitKicks (6 comments) by Levi Asher on November 19, 2007
• In Transit (10 comments) 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 (5 comments) by Levi Asher on November 25, 2007
• New Books Report: November 2007 (3 comments) 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 (22 comments) by Jamelah Earle on November 30, 2007

December 2007

• Reviewing the Review: December 2 2007 (4 comments) by Levi Asher on December 2, 2007
• How They Roll With E-Books in Japan (3 comments) by Levi Asher on December 3, 2007
• In Search of Beowulf (12 comments) by Michael Norris on December 4, 2007
• Is He Dead?, a New Play by Mark Twain (6 comments) by Levi Asher on December 5, 2007
• Literary Holiday Shopping Guide for 2007 (5 comments) by Jamelah Earle on December 7, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: December 9 2007 (3 comments) 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 (5 comments) by Levi Asher on December 10, 2007
• Everything Happens on Klickitat Street (9 comments) by Levi Asher on December 13, 2007
• Jamelah Reads the Classics: To the Lighthouse (6 comments) by Jamelah Earle on December 14, 2007
• Reviewing the Review: December 16 2007 (4 comments) 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 (3 comments) by Levi Asher on December 20, 2007
• Action Poetry 2007 (22 comments) by Levi Asher on December 20, 2007

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