Via Booksquare and Richard Nash comes news that Amazon is rolling out a Kindle application for the iPhone. Which strikes me as, well, big. That said, some of the quotes in the story from Amazon’s representatives seem a little….odd. But Amazon said that it sees its Kindle reader and devices like the iPhone as complementary, … Continue reading
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Me @ Volume 1- Coming Soon to a Lower East Side Near You*
- Afternoon Bites: Chris Andrews on translation, Hot Lit Mags, James Sturm on Jack Kirby, and more
- Notes on Quentin Rowan, Yeti, and Bits of Spy Novels
- Reviewed: “Sister Stop Breathing” by Chiara Barzini
- Afternoon Bites: William S. Burroughs in pop culture, “Angelmaker” gets a trailer , 90s hardcore and Skrillex, and more
March 4, 2009, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: iPhone, Kindle, reading, technology
in which gadgetry begins to overlap
Categories: BooksTags:: iPhone, Kindle, reading, technology
February 9, 2009, Author: , Leave a comment
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Upcoming Reading: 02.20.09 at Matchless
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I’ll be taking part in the February 2009 edition of Hex Education Journal’s Vol.1 series, which benefits 826NYC. The reading begins at 8 PM; it’ll be held at Matchless, 557 Manhattan Avenue, in scenic Brooklyn, NY. Reading will be: Kimberlee Auerbach John Wray Jessica Milton Theo Gangi Knox Dupree Tobias Carroll Aaron Lake Smith Along … Continue reading
January 26, 2009, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: Books, reading
reading on reading: camping out
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Following last week’s post on Paper Camp, The Book Oven has an interesting writeup on Book Camp London, held a week and change ago. Makes an interesting counterpoint to the Lev Grossman future-of-publishing piece that appeared in Time last week, I’d say, encompassing some of the same issues but from a different perspective.
October 1, 2008, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: bookstore, Hannah Marcus, reading, rick moody, Word
live: rick moody; word, 09.24.08
Categories: Books, Readings, UncategorizedTags:: bookstore, Hannah Marcus, reading, rick moody, Word
Last Wednesday’s Rick Moody reading at Greenpoint’s Word Books was a fine example of the literary/musical intersection I’m fond of discussing. When he’s at his best, Moody’s work pulls off things that I can’t dream of doing: “The Carnival Tradition” (from Demonology) remains one of my favorite pieces of short fiction, and his essays on … Continue reading