Does anyone write by pencil/pen? Why (or why not)?

Jackie Corley, publisher and editor of Word Riot, offers sound advice for would-be publishers.

“Published in the future.” (“A screaming comes across the sky,” translated 56 times. Here.) Also, hey. I’m reading Against the Day.

Help Amelia Gray and Aaron Burch raise money for their High Emission Book Tour. (Just three days left!) Or go to a reading and buy a book maybe. Whatever, just give them some money if you have it because I totally don’t but you probably do. Tucson, San Diego, LA, San Francisco, and Sacramento.

Further from Jessamyn West on David Foster Wallace as a teacher: her remembrance of him @ librarian.net, including his quote, “Just because it really happened, doesn’t make it good fiction.” Thanks again to her.

Books from David Markson’s personal library have been showing up in bulk at The Strand. Sad. If anybody gets some, would love to hear more about his notes. I knew living in New York was good for something.

This man needs to write a novel.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGsoMbvHU50

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SR-rCjEnV4

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exu4HOZiXFs

Ships that pass is “A collection of fake, imagined, and literary missed connections posted to Craigslist and then re-posted here with real and actual responses to fake, imagined, and literary missed connections.” And it’s good, recently featuring Sommer Browning, Fiona Maazel, ++.

Indie book flea market:

Colson Whitehead has a fantastic essay in The New York Times on writing in Brooklyn.