Jonathan Lethem Talks to Patti Smith
Tagged: Books, Interview, Jonathan Lethem, Patti Smith, Writers
View ArticleRoberto Bolaño’s Chair/Arthur Rimbaud’s Fork and Spoon
Photos by Patti Smith (Story at The New York Times Magazine). Tagged: chair, Patti Smith, Poets, Rimbaud, Roberto Bolaño, Writers
View Article(Just a Really Great Grab of) Books Acquired, 11.18.2011
See, this is why I go to my favorite local bookshop at least once once. (It doesn’t hurt that it’s like a mile from my house). I read Lillian Smith’s memoir Killers of the Dream back in grad school,...
View ArticlePatti Smith, Book Thief
Patti Smith’s story about stealing a book was published last month in The New Yorker; somehow we missed it. It’s good to see this blog return to its original mission sometimes. Here’s an excerpt, but...
View ArticleRiff on Recent Reading, 12.31.2011
1. Donald Harington, The Architecture of the Arkansas Ozarks I want to publicly thank blogger BLCKDGRD for sending me this book; it arrived in sections, the binding glue cracked, its abused condition...
View ArticleRiff on Recent Reading, 1.09.2012 (Gaddis, Vollmann, Dragons, Nausicaä, Patti...
1. Just Kids, Patti Smith Really slowed down on this one, mostly because the spring semester hath begun, wreaking all sorts of destabilizing tasks on me. Momentum and reading habits will inevitably...
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