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January 2009

Glass Houses
      by Levi Asher on January 2, 2009
A Memoir In Progress
      by Levi Asher on January 2, 2009
Reviewing the Review: January 4 2009
      by Levi Asher on January 4, 2009
Book! Movie!
      by Levi Asher on January 5, 2009
THE BREAK
      by Levi Asher on January 6, 2009
Let the Talking Begin
      by Levi Asher on January 9, 2009
Reviewing the Review: January 11 2009
      by Levi Asher on January 11, 2009
Comfort Food
      by Levi Asher on January 12, 2009
The Scroll In Chicago
      by Michael Norris on January 14, 2009
Contemplating the Tweet
      by Levi Asher on January 15, 2009
Auditing the Review: January 18 2009
      by Levi Asher on January 17, 2009
Levi in a Hayes
      by Levi Asher on January 19, 2009
Praise Song by Elizabeth Alexander
      by Levi Asher on January 20, 2009
FINDING THE INTERNET
      by Levi Asher on January 21, 2009
Chuck Palahniuk Does Not Live In My Basement
      by Levi Asher on January 22, 2009
Reviewing the Review: January 25 2009
      by Levi Asher on January 24, 2009
Lonely Highways
      by Levi Asher on January 26, 2009
John Updike
      by Levi Asher on January 27, 2009
BECOMING LEVI ASHER
      by Levi Asher on January 28, 2009
Dostoevskaya Station
      by Levi Asher on January 29, 2009
Jamelah Reads the Classics: Ulysses
      by Jamelah Earle on January 30, 2009
Reviewing the Review: February 1 2009
      by Levi Asher on January 31, 2009

February 2009

LOST IN THE SUPERMARKET
      by Levi Asher on February 3, 2009
Angry Whopper
      by Levi Asher on February 4, 2009
Bolano Nearly Broke Me
      by Jay Diamond on February 6, 2009
Reviewing the Review: February 8 2009
      by Levi Asher on February 8, 2009
Tools of Change
      by Levi Asher on February 10, 2009
Morning In E-Bookland
      by Levi Asher on February 11, 2009
Gershwin and Heyward's Porgy and Bess
      by Michael Norris on February 12, 2009
Reviewing the Review: February 15 2009
      by Levi Asher on February 15, 2009
THE LAUNCH
      by Levi Asher on February 16, 2009
Corn Be Heavy Soon
      by Levi Asher on February 18, 2009
Iconic Youth
      by Jay Diamond on February 19, 2009
Reviewing the Review: February 22 2009
      by Levi Asher on February 21, 2009
Six Degrees of Stupid (and Other Literary Oscar Notes)
      by Levi Asher on February 23, 2009
ENTER MOZILLA
      by Levi Asher on February 24, 2009
Russia And Elsewhere
      by Levi Asher on February 25, 2009
One Writer's Life (or, Call Me, Andy)
      by Eleanor Lerman on February 26, 2009

March 2009

Reviewing the Review: March 1 2009
      by Levi Asher on March 1, 2009
A Fool And A Storm
      by Levi Asher on March 2, 2009
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE WEB KIND
      by Levi Asher on March 3, 2009
What We Deny
      by Levi Asher on March 5, 2009
Reviewing the Review: March 8 2009
      by Levi Asher on March 8, 2009
That New Book Smell
      by Levi Asher on March 9, 2009
JOB-HUNTING: HOTWIRED, DELPHI AND PATHFINDER
      by Levi Asher on March 11, 2009
Updike and his Rabbit
      by Levi Asher on March 12, 2009
Reviewing the Review: March 15 2009
      by Levi Asher on March 15, 2009
Metal Machine Is Back
      by Levi Asher on March 17, 2009
THE BEAT
      by Levi Asher on March 18, 2009
The Patron Saint of Twitter
      by Levi Asher on March 19, 2009
Reviewing the Review: March 22 2009
      by Levi Asher on March 22, 2009
Web Advertising: A Modest Success Story
      by Levi Asher on March 23, 2009
American Sages: Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Pete Seeger
      by Levi Asher on March 24, 2009
THE SUMMER OF THE WEB
      by Levi Asher on March 25, 2009
Rotten to the Core
      by Levi Asher on March 26, 2009
Reviewing the Review: March 29 2009
      by Levi Asher on March 28, 2009
Between the House and the Chicken Yard: Brad Gooch on Flannery O'Connor
      by Jamelah Earle on March 30, 2009
Of The Farm
      by Levi Asher on March 31, 2009

April 2009

IN THE PATHFINDER BASEMENT
      by Levi Asher on April 2, 2009
Reviewing the Review: April 5 2009
      by Levi Asher on April 4, 2009
Happy Birthday, Complete Review!
      by Levi Asher on April 5, 2009
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
      by Eric Rosenfield on April 6, 2009
LIT SCENE
      by Levi Asher on April 8, 2009
Reading Infinite Jest
      by Michael Norris on April 9, 2009
Reviewing the Review: April 12 2009
      by Levi Asher on April 12, 2009
Corso Makes The Cover
      by Levi Asher on April 13, 2009
CLICKING THROUGH
      by Levi Asher on April 15, 2009
Transformations (Notes on Music)
      by Levi Asher on April 16, 2009
Reviewing the Review: April 19 2009
      by Levi Asher on April 19, 2009
Indian Food for Breakfast
      by Levi Asher on April 20, 2009
First Quarter Interlude
      by Levi Asher on April 21, 2009
Filming Further
      by Levi Asher on April 22, 2009
DISCONNECT
      by Levi Asher on April 23, 2009
Guest-Reviewing the Review: April 26 2009
      by Bill Ectric on April 26, 2009
The Weight
      by Levi Asher on April 27, 2009
PATHFINDER GETS PERSONAL
      by Levi Asher on April 29, 2009

May 2009

Reviewing the Review: May 3 2009
      by Levi Asher on May 2, 2009
Enter Sandman: Neil Gaiman at PEN World Voices
      by Dedi Felman on May 4, 2009
Sorrow and the Mob
      by Jamelah Earle on May 5, 2009
MOVING TARGET
      by Levi Asher on May 7, 2009
Contemplating the Review: May 10 2009
      by Levi Asher on May 9, 2009
The Volcano Pilgrim
      by Levi Asher on May 11, 2009
From Concept to Final Cut: An Interview with MT Cozzola
      by Michael Norris on May 12, 2009
GETTING REVIEWED
      by Levi Asher on May 13, 2009
Rescue From Boredom
      by Levi Asher on May 15, 2009
Reviewing the Review: May 17 2009
      by Ed Champion on May 17, 2009
Sacred Cows and Graphic Novels
      by Jay Diamond on May 18, 2009
Kindle Spotting
      by Levi Asher on May 19, 2009
DISNEYWORLD
      by Levi Asher on May 21, 2009
A Walden Play
      by Levi Asher on May 22, 2009
Reviewing the Review: May 24 2009
      by Jamelah Earle on May 24, 2009
DINNER WITH DOSTOEVSKY
      by Levi Asher on May 27, 2009
Trying the Kindle
      by Peggy Nelson on May 28, 2009
#bea09
      by Levi Asher on May 28, 2009
Book Expo Wrapup
      by Levi Asher on May 31, 2009
Remembering the Review: May 31 2009
      by Levi Asher on May 31, 2009

June 2009

Joey Gallo and the Jukebox Gangsters of Red Hook, Brooklyn
      by Levi Asher on June 2, 2009
WEBBY VALLEY
      by Levi Asher on June 4, 2009
Broken Lines
      by Levi Asher on June 5, 2009
Reviewing the Review: June 7 2009
      by Levi Asher on June 7, 2009
Thanks For Coming by Mara Altman
      by Willa A. Cmiel on June 8, 2009
Literary Musings of 1962 (Guess the Author)
      by Levi Asher on June 10, 2009
Literary Brawler: John O'Hara
      by Levi Asher on June 11, 2009
MY MOVIE
      by Levi Asher on June 11, 2009
Replacing the Review: June 14 2009
      by Levi Asher on June 14, 2009
Comix For Bloomsday
      by Levi Asher on June 16, 2009
Marcel Proust: Beyond the Madeleines
      by Michael Norris on June 16, 2009
FRINGE
      by Levi Asher on June 19, 2009
Reviewing the Review: June 21 2009
      by Scott Esposito on June 21, 2009
Sneaking Spaces
      by Levi Asher on June 23, 2009
The Blog and Turfs
      by Levi Asher on June 24, 2009
JOB-HUNTING: BROADCAST AND IVILLAGE
      by Levi Asher on June 25, 2009
Reviewing the Review: June 28 2009
      by Levi Asher on June 27, 2009
The Roth Remix
      by Levi Asher on June 30, 2009

July 2009

Second-Quarter Interlude: July Breather
      by Levi Asher on July 2, 2009
Reviewing the Review: July 5 2009
      by Levi Asher on July 5, 2009
Modernism and Postmodernism in Concrete
      by Levi Asher on July 7, 2009
Modernism: Picasso, Helvetica, Chairman Mao and the Who
      by Levi Asher on July 9, 2009
Reviewing the Review: July 12 2009
      by Levi Asher on July 12, 2009
Cheap, Free and Otherwise
      by Levi Asher on July 14, 2009
Sweet Tastes
      by Levi Asher on July 15, 2009
One Time For Your Mind
      by Levi Asher on July 17, 2009
Reviewing the Review: July 19 2009
      by Levi Asher on July 19, 2009
Maybe ...
      by Levi Asher on July 20, 2009
My Favorite Book: The Sound and the Fury
      by Jamelah Earle on July 21, 2009
LIKE IT'S 1999
      by Levi Asher on July 23, 2009
Serenading the Review: July 26 2009
      by Levi Asher on July 25, 2009
On Value and Price
      by Levi Asher on July 27, 2009
Not the Jack Kerouac Estate Battle Again ...
      by Levi Asher on July 28, 2009
DESIGN PATTERNS FOR AGONY
      by Levi Asher on July 30, 2009

August 2009

Reviewing the Review: August 2 2009
      by Levi Asher on August 2, 2009
Thrilling to ThrillerFest
      by Dedi Felman on August 4, 2009
WORKING FOR CANDICE CARPENTER
      by Levi Asher on August 6, 2009
Guest-Reviewing the Review: August 9 2009
      by Ed Champion on August 9, 2009
An Embarrassment of Archives
      by Levi Asher on August 10, 2009
A LITERARY LIVING ROOM
      by Levi Asher on August 11, 2009
No Child Left Behind
      by Levi Asher on August 13, 2009
Guest-Reviewing the Review: August 16 2009
      by Michael Norris on August 16, 2009
At the County Fair With James Joyce and John Updike
      by Levi Asher on August 18, 2009
BEFORE THE IPO
      by Levi Asher on August 19, 2009
The Lunch at 50
      by Levi Asher on August 21, 2009
Reviewing the Review: August 23 2009
      by Levi Asher on August 23, 2009
A Talk With Bill "Tamper" Ectric
      by Levi Asher on August 24, 2009
Fall 2009: Six Books To Look Forward To
      by Levi Asher on August 25, 2009
CELEBRATION DAY
      by Levi Asher on August 26, 2009
Reviewing the Review: August 30 2009
      by Levi Asher on August 29, 2009
Internet History Books: Accidental Billionaires and Say Everything
      by Levi Asher on August 31, 2009

September 2009

THE METAMORPHOSIS
      by Levi Asher on September 3, 2009
Mikael's Picks
      by Mikael Covey on September 4, 2009
Harassing The Review: September 6 2009
      by Levi Asher on September 6, 2009
Pondering Proust II
      by Michael Norris on September 8, 2009
Bright Star
      by Levi Asher on September 9, 2009
BACCHANAL
      by Levi Asher on September 10, 2009
Reviewing the Review: September 13 2009
      by Levi Asher on September 13, 2009
Jim Carroll: People Who Died
      by Levi Asher on September 13, 2009
Jay-Z: Out Of Ideas?
      by Scott Esposito on September 14, 2009
The Anthologist by Nicholson Baker
      by Levi Asher on September 15, 2009
BREAKING POINT
      by Levi Asher on September 17, 2009
Reviewing the Review: September 20 2009
      by Levi Asher on September 20, 2009
Relics: Jim Carroll's Funeral Card
      by Levi Asher on September 21, 2009
Detroit Housewife Writes Play
      by Levi Asher on September 23, 2009
SINKING
      by Levi Asher on September 24, 2009
Rushing the Review: September 27 2009
      by Levi Asher on September 27, 2009
Nick Cave's The Death of Bunny Munro
      by Meg Wise-Lawrence on September 28, 2009
On The Roman Polanski Grandstand
      by Levi Asher on September 29, 2009

October 2009

MILLENNIUM
      by Levi Asher on October 1, 2009
Thousand Page Blues
      by Levi Asher on October 2, 2009
Reviewing the Review: October 4 2009
      by Levi Asher on October 4, 2009
Dan Brown's Masonic Journey
      by Levi Asher on October 6, 2009
RUNNING THE NUMBERS
      by Levi Asher on October 7, 2009
Quick Hits
      by Levi Asher on October 9, 2009
Reviewing the Review: October 11 2009
      by Levi Asher on October 11, 2009
Herta Who?
      by Dedi Felman on October 12, 2009
Savage Unwound: The Cry of the Sloth
      by Levi Asher on October 14, 2009
THE BIG SLIDE
      by Levi Asher on October 16, 2009
Reviewing the Review: October 18 2009
      by Levi Asher on October 17, 2009
A Bookstore Grows In Brooklyn
      by Levi Asher on October 19, 2009
Telling Our Stories: An Interview With Arlene Malinowski
      by Michael Norris on October 20, 2009
211th Chorus
      by Levi Asher on October 21, 2009
PICKING UP
      by Levi Asher on October 21, 2009
Third-Quarter Interlude: Bringing It Home
      by Levi Asher on October 23, 2009
Reviewing the Review: October 25 2009
      by Levi Asher on October 25, 2009
Les Mouches
      by Levi Asher on October 26, 2009
VERSION 2.0
      by Levi Asher on October 28, 2009
Drupal, Barack Obama and the Dumbest Article of the Year
      by Levi Asher on October 29, 2009
Releasing the Review: November 1 2009
      by Levi Asher on October 31, 2009
FALLING OUT
      by Levi Asher on November 4, 2009
Human Nature
      by Levi Asher on November 5, 2009
Reviewing the Review: November 8 2009
      by Levi Asher on November 7, 2009
Green Books Campaign: Savage Gods, Silver Ghosts
      by Levi Asher on November 10, 2009
TUESDAY
      by Levi Asher on November 10, 2009
Curtains
      by Levi Asher on November 12, 2009
Reviewing the Review: November 15 2009
      by Levi Asher on November 14, 2009
Pondering Proust III: Guermantes Way
      by Michael Norris on November 16, 2009
GATHERING
      by Levi Asher on November 18, 2009
Thursday Thoughts
      by Levi Asher on November 19, 2009
Reviewing the Review: November 22 2009
      by Levi Asher on November 21, 2009
Advancing the Darkness: Five Modern Masters of Mystery and Crime
      by Garrett Kenyon on November 23, 2009
POETRY AND POLITICS
      by Levi Asher on November 24, 2009
Retweeting the Review: November 29 2009
      by Levi Asher on November 28, 2009
Twitterstream of Consciousness
      by Levi Asher on November 30, 2009

December 2009

LUCKY GUY
      by Levi Asher on December 3, 2009
Parque Gulliver
      by Levi Asher on December 4, 2009
Regifting the Review: December 6 2009
      by Levi Asher on December 5, 2009
The Awakener by Helen Weaver
      by Levi Asher on December 7, 2009
HOW TO GO BROKE
      by Levi Asher on December 9, 2009
Enoch Soames on Twitter, or The Devil Went Down To The British Library
      by Peggy Nelson on December 11, 2009
Reviewing the Review: December 13 2009
      by Levi Asher on December 13, 2009
Poetry Bomb
      by Levi Asher on December 14, 2009
SINGLE POINT OF FAILURE
      by Levi Asher on December 16, 2009
Jingle This: Five True-Crime Masterpieces For Your Holiday Wish List
      by Garrett Kenyon on December 17, 2009
Reviewing the Review: December 20 2009
      by Levi Asher on December 19, 2009
THE RAFT
      by Levi Asher on December 22, 2009
Workshopping
      by Levi Asher on December 25, 2009
Action Poetry 2009
      by Levi Asher on December 31, 2009