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Tim Gautreaux’s story “Idols” in the latest New Yorker imagines the continued life of Obadiah Elihue, the character from Flannery O’Connor’s story, “Parker’s Back”, which I wrote about here. Good stuff.
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Rumpus “Long Interview with Dave Eggers”
Seriously, that’s what it’s called and that’s what it is. Stephen’s talking to Dave about the latter’s new nonfiction book, Zeitoun. Here’s a taste. Click anywhere to get the full serving.
Poetry! In MOTION!
Hey nerds! Guess what I did this weekend? I played BASKETBALL which is a sport! Also, I watched SOCCER which is also a sport! Also I watched GOLF which may or may not be a sport! but it probably is a sport!
Which got me thinkin about WASHINGTON WIZARDS POWERFORWARDS! Mostly Oleksiy Pecherov but also Etan Thomas! He has a book of poetry called ‘More Than an Athlete‘ which I can totally relate to because while I am a WRITER I am MORE Than a Writer! I am also a man who can make an occasional lay-up (that is when you shoot the basketball from very close range off of the backboard and it goes through the hoop and then you get a high five!) and an occasional grilled cheese sandwich!
Other favorite books of poetry by athletes:
Mike Tyson – Heartsongs
Charles Barkley – Every Angel is Turrible
Tiger Woods – Dare Thy Fearful Symmetry: Poems About Augusta
Darryl Strawberry – Strawberries in Heaven: Translations from Grzegorz Musial
Nice work gentlemen! If only Lauren Conrad could hoop it up; she’d be the ultimate TRIPLE THREAT!
Talkin’ Blood Meridian: The Harold Bloom Onion A/V Club Interview
Wonder and delight!!!! (Also: Terror and violence!!!!)
Recently The Onion chose Blood Meridian for their Wrapped Up in Books feature, and then they decided to kick things to the next level by calling up Harold Bloom to talk about it with them in an Onion A/V Club interview not to be missed. And what are the first words out of Professor Bloom’s mouth? “I read it on the recommendation of a friend, Gordon Lish, a New York book editor and a specialist in fiction”
It’s Monday morning and I love life, not just because of the above, but the above sure as damn doesn’t hurt. One more money quote (they’re all money quotes) then you need to go click through and read the whole thing.
Blake Butler—
For those interested in book object art/design, if you haven’t already explored the archives at A Journey Round My Skull, I hope you have a couple hours…
Science Hour / Hop on the Magic Schoolbus!
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Via Robbie Cooper again. He’s on fire.
The meat of the linguistics stuff is around the 20 minute mark, but I recommend watching the whole thing diligently. Es bueno. (See what I did there?)
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June 21st, 2009 / 8:37 pm
June 21st, 2009 / 8:37 pm
Justin Taylor—
Slate’s audio book club is talking about Cheever’s “The Swimmer” and O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” Don’t know why they’re doing that, but uh– sweet? Yes, sweet. **UPDATE** “And the reason we’re doing this is there are two big new biographies out of each writer.” – Meghan O’Rourke, 00:39.
Justin Taylor—
Mathias Svalina: “Some things I regret now that I am leaving New York.”
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