Archive By Year
January 2010
• In Progress
by Levi Asher on January 3, 2010
by Levi Asher on January 3, 2010
• Nook Encounter
by Levi Asher on January 3, 2010
by Levi Asher on January 3, 2010
• Comfort Food: True Confections by Katharine Weber
by Levi Asher on January 5, 2010
by Levi Asher on January 5, 2010
• Reviewing the Review: January 10 2010
by Levi Asher on January 9, 2010
by Levi Asher on January 9, 2010
• On The Run
by Levi Asher on January 11, 2010
by Levi Asher on January 11, 2010
• Ed McClanahan's Clear Moment
by Dan Barth on January 13, 2010
by Dan Barth on January 13, 2010
• Not Feeling The Ferris
by Levi Asher on January 14, 2010
by Levi Asher on January 14, 2010
• Reviewing the Review: January 17 2010
by Levi Asher on January 16, 2010
by Levi Asher on January 16, 2010
• Where I'm From 2010
by Levi Asher on January 18, 2010
by Levi Asher on January 18, 2010
• New York Times Gets Smaller
by Levi Asher on January 20, 2010
by Levi Asher on January 20, 2010
• Five Hiphop Masterpieces From the Past Decade #5: Come Home With Me
by Levi Asher on January 21, 2010
by Levi Asher on January 21, 2010
• Reviewing the Review: January 24 2010
by Levi Asher on January 23, 2010
by Levi Asher on January 23, 2010
• Keeping Emerson Around
by Levi Asher on January 25, 2010
by Levi Asher on January 25, 2010
• Throwing Down With the New York Times
by Levi Asher on January 26, 2010
by Levi Asher on January 26, 2010
• J. D. Salinger Dies
by Levi Asher on January 28, 2010
by Levi Asher on January 28, 2010
• The Wow Effect
by Levi Asher on January 28, 2010
by Levi Asher on January 28, 2010
• Five Hiphop Masterpieces From the Past Decade #4: Get Rich or Die Tryin'
by Levi Asher on January 29, 2010
by Levi Asher on January 29, 2010
• Reviewing the Review: January 30 2010
by Levi Asher on January 31, 2010
by Levi Asher on January 31, 2010
February 2010
• Amazon and Macmillan: The Pricing Bowl
by Levi Asher on February 1, 2010
by Levi Asher on February 1, 2010
• Up In The Air With Walter Kirn
by Levi Asher on February 1, 2010
by Levi Asher on February 1, 2010
• Invisible by Paul Auster
by Meg Wise-Lawrence on February 3, 2010
by Meg Wise-Lawrence on February 3, 2010
• Five Hiphop Masterpieces From The Past Decade #3: Graduation
by Levi Asher on February 4, 2010
by Levi Asher on February 4, 2010
• Reviewing the Review: February 7 2010
by Levi Asher on February 7, 2010
by Levi Asher on February 7, 2010
• Just Kids by Patti Smith
by Levi Asher on February 8, 2010
by Levi Asher on February 8, 2010
• Pondering Proust IIIb: More On Guermantes Way
by Michael Norris on February 9, 2010
by Michael Norris on February 9, 2010
• Old Friends
by Levi Asher on February 10, 2010
by Levi Asher on February 10, 2010
• Five Hiphop Masterpieces From The Past Decade #2: 2001
by Levi Asher on February 12, 2010
by Levi Asher on February 12, 2010
• Reviewing the Review: February 14 2010
by Levi Asher on February 14, 2010
by Levi Asher on February 14, 2010
• Seymour Krim's Howl: I Was Not Destroyed, Mr. Ginsberg!
by Mark Cohen on February 15, 2010
by Mark Cohen on February 15, 2010
• Olympic Thoughts
by Levi Asher on February 17, 2010
by Levi Asher on February 17, 2010
• Five Hiphop Masterpieces From The Past Decade #1: The Blueprint
by Levi Asher on February 18, 2010
by Levi Asher on February 18, 2010
• Reviewing the Review: February 21 2010
by Levi Asher on February 21, 2010
by Levi Asher on February 21, 2010
• Manifesto: On Poker Chips, Paperback Book Publishing and Health Care Reform
by Levi Asher on February 22, 2010
by Levi Asher on February 22, 2010
• A Murder and a Metaphor: Litkicks Mystery Spot #1
by Levi Asher on February 24, 2010
by Levi Asher on February 24, 2010
• In Gatsby's Tracks: Locating the Valley of Ashes in a 1924 Photo
by Levi Asher on February 25, 2010
by Levi Asher on February 25, 2010
• Reviewing the Review: February 28 2010
by Levi Asher on February 28, 2010
by Levi Asher on February 28, 2010
March 2010
• Reality Hunger by David Shields
by Levi Asher on March 1, 2010
by Levi Asher on March 1, 2010
• Little Known Literary Facts
by Levi Asher on March 3, 2010
by Levi Asher on March 3, 2010
• What If The E-Book Revolution Never Gets Here?
by Levi Asher on March 4, 2010
by Levi Asher on March 4, 2010
• Reviewing the Review: March 7 2010
by Levi Asher on March 7, 2010
by Levi Asher on March 7, 2010
• The Top Ten Crime and Mystery Novels of 2009
by Garrett Kenyon on March 8, 2010
by Garrett Kenyon on March 8, 2010
• Theodor Seuss Geisel: A Psychological Biography of Dr. Seuss
by Levi Asher on March 10, 2010
by Levi Asher on March 10, 2010
• John Banville, the 20 Minute Guitar Solo and Truth in Fiction
by Levi Asher on March 11, 2010
by Levi Asher on March 11, 2010
• Reviewing the Review: March 14 2010
by Levi Asher on March 14, 2010
by Levi Asher on March 14, 2010
• An Infernal Love Nest: Litkicks Mystery Spot #2
by Levi Asher on March 15, 2010
by Levi Asher on March 15, 2010
• No. 1 Rue Des Brasseurs: Verlaine and Rimbaud
by Levi Asher on March 16, 2010
by Levi Asher on March 16, 2010
• Unbearable: The Worst Book I Ever Read
by Levi Asher on March 17, 2010
by Levi Asher on March 17, 2010
• New Mailing Address (and Some More Interesting Stuff)
by Levi Asher on March 18, 2010
by Levi Asher on March 18, 2010
• Reviewing the Health Care Reform Debate
by Levi Asher on March 21, 2010
by Levi Asher on March 21, 2010
• The Literary Life: A Talk With Ron Kolm
by Levi Asher on March 23, 2010
by Levi Asher on March 23, 2010
• Stay Hungry: Why David Shields's Book Is Important
by Levi Asher on March 25, 2010
by Levi Asher on March 25, 2010
• Reviewing the Review: March 28 2010
by Levi Asher on March 27, 2010
by Levi Asher on March 27, 2010
• Pondering Proust IV: Sodome et Gommorhe, or Cities of the Plain
by Michael Norris on March 28, 2010
by Michael Norris on March 28, 2010
• Like The Weather
by Levi Asher on March 31, 2010
by Levi Asher on March 31, 2010
April 2010
• Picture Book
by Levi Asher on April 2, 2010
by Levi Asher on April 2, 2010
• Reviewing the Review: April 4 2010
by Levi Asher on April 4, 2010
by Levi Asher on April 4, 2010
• Talking Tao With Ron Hogan
by Levi Asher on April 5, 2010
by Levi Asher on April 5, 2010
• Beatniks: How I Wrote A Subculture Guidebook
by Alan Bisbort on April 7, 2010
by Alan Bisbort on April 7, 2010
• Assisted Suicide for Dummies: Buffalo Lockjaw by Greg Ames
by Levi Asher on April 8, 2010
by Levi Asher on April 8, 2010
• Reviewing the Review: April 11 2010
by Levi Asher on April 11, 2010
by Levi Asher on April 11, 2010
• Tuna Break
by Levi Asher on April 12, 2010
by Levi Asher on April 12, 2010
• A Little Country Village: Litkicks Mystery Spot #3
by Levi Asher on April 13, 2010
by Levi Asher on April 13, 2010
• Steventon, Hampshire, England: Where Jane Austen Grew
by Levi Asher on April 14, 2010
by Levi Asher on April 14, 2010
• Archiving the Cloud: Twitter Meets the Library of Congress
by Levi Asher on April 15, 2010
by Levi Asher on April 15, 2010
• Reviewing the Review: April 18 2010
by Levi Asher on April 18, 2010
by Levi Asher on April 18, 2010
• Naive Melodies
by Levi Asher on April 19, 2010
by Levi Asher on April 19, 2010
• The Web's Global Problem
by Levi Asher on April 20, 2010
by Levi Asher on April 20, 2010
• Esperanto 2.0? The Quest For a World Language
by Levi Asher on April 22, 2010
by Levi Asher on April 22, 2010
• Reviewing the Review: April 25 2010
by Levi Asher on April 25, 2010
by Levi Asher on April 25, 2010
• Meeting the Tea Party
by Levi Asher on April 26, 2010
by Levi Asher on April 26, 2010
• Dreams in a Time of War by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
by Levi Asher on April 28, 2010
by Levi Asher on April 28, 2010
• Opening the Door to Poetry Therapy
by Lila Lizabeth W... on April 29, 2010
by Lila Lizabeth W... on April 29, 2010
May 2010
• Reviewing the Review: May 2 2010
by Levi Asher on May 2, 2010
by Levi Asher on May 2, 2010
• Adaptations: A PEN World Voices 2010 Conversation About Literature and Film
by Dedi Felman on May 3, 2010
by Dedi Felman on May 3, 2010
• Beloved and Unknown: Adventures in Marketing an International Masterpiece
by Dedi Felman on May 5, 2010
by Dedi Felman on May 5, 2010
• Music City
by Levi Asher on May 7, 2010
by Levi Asher on May 7, 2010
• Reviewing the Review: May 9 2010
by Levi Asher on May 9, 2010
by Levi Asher on May 9, 2010
• T. S. Eliot Is Not Obliged To Love Me
by Levi Asher on May 10, 2010
by Levi Asher on May 10, 2010
• An Epic City: Litkicks Mystery Spot #4
by Levi Asher on May 12, 2010
by Levi Asher on May 12, 2010
• Joyce's Dublin: Bloom on Eccles Street
by Levi Asher on May 13, 2010
by Levi Asher on May 13, 2010
• Reviewing the Review of the Review: May 15 2010
by Levi Asher on May 15, 2010
by Levi Asher on May 15, 2010
• The Line by Olga Grushin
by Garrett Kenyon on May 17, 2010
by Garrett Kenyon on May 17, 2010
• Stuff I Like
by Levi Asher on May 19, 2010
by Levi Asher on May 19, 2010
• Immutability: the Thingness of Books
by Levi Asher on May 20, 2010
by Levi Asher on May 20, 2010
• Reviewing the Review: May 23 2010
by Levi Asher on May 22, 2010
by Levi Asher on May 22, 2010
• Written In Prison
by Alan Bisbort on May 24, 2010
by Alan Bisbort on May 24, 2010
• Interlude: The Proustian Obsession
by Michael Norris on May 26, 2010
by Michael Norris on May 26, 2010
• E-Books: A Lousy First Date
by Levi Asher on May 27, 2010
by Levi Asher on May 27, 2010
• Contemplating Book Expo 2010
by Levi Asher on May 29, 2010
by Levi Asher on May 29, 2010
• Peter Orlovsky, Beat Muse (and Dennis Hopper)
by Levi Asher on May 31, 2010
by Levi Asher on May 31, 2010
June 2010
• Streaks of Light
by Levi Asher on June 2, 2010
by Levi Asher on June 2, 2010
• Being J. M. Coetzee: Disgrace Starring John Malkovich
by Levi Asher on June 3, 2010
by Levi Asher on June 3, 2010
• Reviewing the Review: June 6 2010
by Levi Asher on June 6, 2010
by Levi Asher on June 6, 2010
• David Markson, Beloved By Many
by Levi Asher on June 7, 2010
by Levi Asher on June 7, 2010
• Victor Davis Hanson, Helen Thomas, Children.org and the Value of Civil Disagreement
by Levi Asher on June 8, 2010
by Levi Asher on June 8, 2010
• Take Care Of Your Shoes
by Levi Asher on June 10, 2010
by Levi Asher on June 10, 2010
• Time Out
by Levi Asher on June 12, 2010
by Levi Asher on June 12, 2010
• Baseball: The Great American Literary Sport
by Alan Bisbort on June 15, 2010
by Alan Bisbort on June 15, 2010
• Romance in a Dry Land: Litkicks Mystery Spot #5
by Levi Asher on June 16, 2010
by Levi Asher on June 16, 2010
• La Mancha, Espana: Where Cervantes' Knight Roamed
by Levi Asher on June 17, 2010
by Levi Asher on June 17, 2010
• End of an Experiment: Releasing the Review
by Levi Asher on June 19, 2010
by Levi Asher on June 19, 2010
• Bad Marie: A Talk With Marcy Dermansky
by Levi Asher on June 21, 2010
by Levi Asher on June 21, 2010
• Bubblespeak for E-Books
by Levi Asher on June 22, 2010
by Levi Asher on June 22, 2010
• T. S. Eliot and his Jellicle Cats
by Levi Asher on June 24, 2010
by Levi Asher on June 24, 2010
• Philosophy Weekend: The Anguish Of Sisyphus
by Levi Asher on June 28, 2010
by Levi Asher on June 28, 2010
• I Am A Writer, And This Is Where I Write
by Levi Asher on June 29, 2010
by Levi Asher on June 29, 2010
• Street Piano
by Levi Asher on June 30, 2010
by Levi Asher on June 30, 2010
July 2010
• Philosophy Weekend: Pacifism's Coma
by Levi Asher on July 2, 2010
by Levi Asher on July 2, 2010
• On Diacriticals and Foreign Place Names
by Levi Asher on July 6, 2010
by Levi Asher on July 6, 2010
• Adam Langer's Thieves of Manhattan
by Levi Asher on July 8, 2010
by Levi Asher on July 8, 2010
• Philosophy Weekend: Are All Religions The Same?
by Levi Asher on July 10, 2010
by Levi Asher on July 10, 2010
• Tuli Kupferberg (and Harvey Pekar)
by Levi Asher on July 12, 2010
by Levi Asher on July 12, 2010
• A Picture And A Song
by Levi Asher on July 14, 2010
by Levi Asher on July 14, 2010
• Where They Lived
by Levi Asher on July 16, 2010
by Levi Asher on July 16, 2010
• Philosophy Weekend: The Four Types of Evil
by Levi Asher on July 17, 2010
by Levi Asher on July 17, 2010
• A Walking Spell: Litkicks Mystery Spot #6
by Levi Asher on July 19, 2010
by Levi Asher on July 19, 2010
• Linguists Gone Mad: Paul Auster's Upper West Side
by Levi Asher on July 20, 2010
by Levi Asher on July 20, 2010
• Like A Lead Zeppelin
by Levi Asher on July 22, 2010
by Levi Asher on July 22, 2010
• Philosophy Weekend: Living in a Dark Age
by Levi Asher on July 24, 2010
by Levi Asher on July 24, 2010
• Fiction and Cultural Memory: Writing From Ceausescu's Romania
by Claudia Moscovici on July 26, 2010
by Claudia Moscovici on July 26, 2010
• Appreciating Andrew Wylie, Evil Bohemian Jackal
by Levi Asher on July 28, 2010
by Levi Asher on July 28, 2010
• The New Kindle: Winner, Winner, Winner?
by Levi Asher on July 29, 2010
by Levi Asher on July 29, 2010
• Philosophy Weekend: Choosing My Religion
by Levi Asher on July 30, 2010
by Levi Asher on July 30, 2010
August 2010
• Bob Holman's 15 Rules For Hecklers
by Levi Asher on August 2, 2010
by Levi Asher on August 2, 2010
• Pondering Proust V: The Prisoner
by Michael Norris on August 4, 2010
by Michael Norris on August 4, 2010
• Philosophy Weekend: The Trauma Theory
by Levi Asher on August 7, 2010
by Levi Asher on August 7, 2010
• Looking At You
by Levi Asher on August 9, 2010
by Levi Asher on August 9, 2010
• Literary Success: It's In The Cards
by Alan Bisbort on August 11, 2010
by Alan Bisbort on August 11, 2010
• The German Genius By Peter Watson
by Levi Asher on August 12, 2010
by Levi Asher on August 12, 2010
• Philosophy Weekend: Without Blinders
by Levi Asher on August 14, 2010
by Levi Asher on August 14, 2010
• Plum's Books
by Levi Asher on August 16, 2010
by Levi Asher on August 16, 2010
• A Walk in the Park: Litkicks Mystery Spot #7
by Levi Asher on August 17, 2010
by Levi Asher on August 17, 2010
• Vision of the Ducks: Holden Caulfield's Journey in Central Park
by Levi Asher on August 18, 2010
by Levi Asher on August 18, 2010
• The Dog Ate My Philosophy Weekend
by Levi Asher on August 22, 2010
by Levi Asher on August 22, 2010
• The Slowest Film Ever Made: On The Road The Movie
by Levi Asher on August 23, 2010
by Levi Asher on August 23, 2010
• Mon Le Bossu
by Levi Asher on August 26, 2010
by Levi Asher on August 26, 2010
• Philosophy Weekend: The Jamesian Gospel
by Levi Asher on August 28, 2010
by Levi Asher on August 28, 2010
• Jonathan Franzen of America
by Levi Asher on August 30, 2010
by Levi Asher on August 30, 2010
September 2010
• The Conformism of Postmodern Style
by Claudia Moscovici on September 1, 2010
by Claudia Moscovici on September 1, 2010
• Philosophy Weekend: Peter Singer, J. M. Coetzee and Animal Ethics
by Levi Asher on September 4, 2010
by Levi Asher on September 4, 2010
• The Alternative Encyclopedist: A Talk With Michael Largo
by Levi Asher on September 7, 2010
by Levi Asher on September 7, 2010
• Notes from the Secondhand Store
by Alan Bisbort on September 8, 2010
by Alan Bisbort on September 8, 2010
• Philosophy Weekend: Everybody Please Stop Giving Plato Shit About Music and Poetry
by Levi Asher on September 11, 2010
by Levi Asher on September 11, 2010
• Pondering Proust VI: The Fugitive
by Michael Norris on September 14, 2010
by Michael Norris on September 14, 2010
• Dollar Bill
by Alan Bisbort on September 15, 2010
by Alan Bisbort on September 15, 2010
• Yeah Whatever Go Already
by Levi Asher on September 16, 2010
by Levi Asher on September 16, 2010
• Philosophy Weekend: Does Evil Walk Among Us?
by Levi Asher on September 19, 2010
by Levi Asher on September 19, 2010
• If You Liked Franzen's Freedom, You Should Try ...
by Levi Asher on September 19, 2010
by Levi Asher on September 19, 2010
• Dinner Companions
by Levi Asher on September 22, 2010
by Levi Asher on September 22, 2010
• Philosophy Weekend: The Philosophy of the Tea Party
by Levi Asher on September 26, 2010
by Levi Asher on September 26, 2010
• Tao Lin, Aiming For The Sky
by Levi Asher on September 27, 2010
by Levi Asher on September 27, 2010
• The Challenge: Write Something Fresh About Jonathan Franzen's Book
by Levi Asher on September 28, 2010
by Levi Asher on September 28, 2010
October 2010
• Philosophy Weekend: Buddha, Desire and the Middle Way
by Levi Asher on October 2, 2010
by Levi Asher on October 2, 2010
• Howl: The Movie
by Levi Asher on October 4, 2010
by Levi Asher on October 4, 2010
• Up From The Blue by Susan Henderson
by Levi Asher on October 5, 2010
by Levi Asher on October 5, 2010
• Nobel Dreams
by Levi Asher on October 6, 2010
by Levi Asher on October 6, 2010
• Philosophy Weekend: My Education
by Levi Asher on October 9, 2010
by Levi Asher on October 9, 2010
• Quaintly Prep (Again)
by Alan Bisbort on October 12, 2010
by Alan Bisbort on October 12, 2010
• A Little Wget Magic: The Amazing Saga of Mark Zuckerberg
by Levi Asher on October 13, 2010
by Levi Asher on October 13, 2010
• Philosophy Weekend: KRS-One Speaks
by Levi Asher on October 16, 2010
by Levi Asher on October 16, 2010
• Pondering Proust VII: Time Regained
by Michael Norris on October 18, 2010
by Michael Norris on October 18, 2010
• Eyedea: Even Shadows Have Shadows
by Levi Asher on October 19, 2010
by Levi Asher on October 19, 2010
• Sherlock: A Modern-Day Interpretation
by Kelly and Allys... on October 21, 2010
by Kelly and Allys... on October 21, 2010
• Philosophy Weekend: Outside of Society
by Levi Asher on October 23, 2010
by Levi Asher on October 23, 2010
• Upski's Back: Please Don't Bomb The Suburbs by William Upski Wimsatt
by Levi Asher on October 25, 2010
by Levi Asher on October 25, 2010
• The Literary Life: Goodloe Byron Gives It Away
by Levi Asher on October 26, 2010
by Levi Asher on October 26, 2010
• Why I Still Don't Trust The Republican Party ... With Or Without Tea
by Levi Asher on October 28, 2010
by Levi Asher on October 28, 2010
• Philosophy Weekend: Specters of Socialism
by Levi Asher on October 29, 2010
by Levi Asher on October 29, 2010
November 2010
• Woe Is Us: A Talk With John Reed
by Finn Harvor on November 2, 2010
by Finn Harvor on November 2, 2010
• Letters
by Levi Asher on November 3, 2010
by Levi Asher on November 3, 2010
• An Unlikely Cocktail: Mixing Pop and Bourbon in the Palace of Versailles
by Claudia Moscovici on November 5, 2010
by Claudia Moscovici on November 5, 2010
• Philosophy Weekend: A Pragmatist's Vocabulary
by Levi Asher on November 6, 2010
by Levi Asher on November 6, 2010
• CrimeStars: Ten Prophets of the Golden Age of Ultraviolence
by Garrett Kenyon on November 8, 2010
by Garrett Kenyon on November 8, 2010
• Al Jaffee's Mad, Sad Life
by Eli Stein on November 11, 2010
by Eli Stein on November 11, 2010
• Philosophy Weekend: A Pragmatist's Vocabulary, Continued
by Levi Asher on November 14, 2010
by Levi Asher on November 14, 2010
• Jay-Z at the New York Public Library
by Levi Asher on November 16, 2010
by Levi Asher on November 16, 2010
• The Sea of Possibilities
by Levi Asher on November 17, 2010
by Levi Asher on November 17, 2010
• Philosophy Weekend: The Bridges of New York City
by Levi Asher on November 20, 2010
by Levi Asher on November 20, 2010
• On The Edge With Daniel Pinchbeck
by Dan Barth on November 22, 2010
by Dan Barth on November 22, 2010
• Remembering Joey Ramone: A Talk With Mickey Leigh
by Levi Asher on November 23, 2010
by Levi Asher on November 23, 2010
• Philosophy Weekend: Kim Jong-Il and the Loony Way Out
by Levi Asher on November 27, 2010
by Levi Asher on November 27, 2010
• Still Down So Long: Appreciating Richard Farina
by April Rose Schneider on November 29, 2010
by April Rose Schneider on November 29, 2010
December 2010
• Bookshop Memories: The Liberty Lobby
by Alan Bisbort on December 1, 2010
by Alan Bisbort on December 1, 2010
• Under Worlds
by Levi Asher on December 2, 2010
by Levi Asher on December 2, 2010
• Philosophy Weekend: The Pointless Rationalism of David Foster Wallace
by Levi Asher on December 4, 2010
by Levi Asher on December 4, 2010
• Beat Reflections
by Levi Asher on December 6, 2010
by Levi Asher on December 6, 2010
• Keith Richards's Book and Other Good Stuff
by Levi Asher on December 8, 2010
by Levi Asher on December 8, 2010
• Philosophy Weekend: On Extreme Wealth, Identity and Taxes
by Levi Asher on December 12, 2010
by Levi Asher on December 12, 2010
• Proust's Lost Time: Beyond The Madeleines
by Michael Norris on December 13, 2010
by Michael Norris on December 13, 2010
• Vision in Combray: Proust Beyond the Madeleines Concluded
by Michael Norris on December 13, 2010
by Michael Norris on December 13, 2010
• A Pooter Revery
by Levi Asher on December 14, 2010
by Levi Asher on December 14, 2010
• Philosophy Weekend: Captain Beefheart's Innocent Soul
by Levi Asher on December 18, 2010
by Levi Asher on December 18, 2010
• The Wind-Up
by Levi Asher on December 21, 2010
by Levi Asher on December 21, 2010
• Janine Pommy Vega
by Levi Asher on December 23, 2010
by Levi Asher on December 23, 2010
• Action Poetry 2010
by Levi Asher on December 24, 2010
by Levi Asher on December 24, 2010