In Sweet Delight

Susan Sontag wrote

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:27:00 -0500

The right hand = the hand that is aggressive, the hand that masturbates. Therefore, to prefer the left hand! … To romanticize it, to sentimentalize it!

emmastraub: It took 20 years, but Dylan and Kelly are in love...

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 10:44:52 -0400

emmastraub:

It took 20 years, but Dylan and Kelly are in love again. The New York Post confirms that “Beverly Hills 90210” alums Jennie Garth and Luke Perry are an item. The sparks apparently started to fly when the pair reunited to film a commercial for Old Navy. (via Kelly Finally Picks Dylan | Pat’s Papers)

Gahd FINALLY.

When freedom overwhelms, and we die. Yesterday I read the story...

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 11:28:59 -0400

When freedom overwhelms, and we die. Yesterday I read the story of a German squirrel who got his head trapped in a manhole cover! He was rescued by the Fire Department, who used olive oil to free him from his creepy trap (his head was popping through the cover, his body dangling underneath) and set him free in a nearby park. Alas, the shock was too much and the squirrel perished anyway, despite that there was not a scratch on him.

: Radar LARB

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:14:57 -0400

: Radar LARB:

emmainpictures:

Listen to Zadie Smith read this Frank O’Hara poem. It might do something to the rest of your day, like a big melancholy umbrella, but that can’t be helped.

lareviewofbooks:

(Please don’t eat the library paste, via letterology)
[Audio] Zadie Smith reads Frank O’Hara’s poem “Animals” (quite beautifully, we might add): I wouldn’t want to be faster / or greener than now if you were with me O you / were the best of all my days

Deborah Weisgal on the…

HUG A BUNNY.

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:58:39 -0400

HUG A BUNNY.

Science: Coffee Drinkers Live Longer

Wed, 16 May 2012 20:00:21 -0400

Science: Coffee Drinkers Live Longer:

Finally, something!

believermag: From Craig Damrauer’s New Math I’ve been...

Thu, 10 May 2012 23:34:22 -0400

believermag:

From Craig Damrauer’s New Math

I’ve been harping the equivalent for years, but was never smart enough to think of it visually.

Story pieces.

Wed, 09 May 2012 18:55:33 -0400

Story pieces.

True Librarian Stories #3

Wed, 09 May 2012 12:32:25 -0400

dtxmcclain:

Man: ”Can you help me find a Harry Potter book?”

Librarian: Takes man to shelves and shows him the Harry Potter books.

Man: ”Which ones of these are checked out?”

Librarian: ”If they’re on the shelf, then they’re not checked out.”

Man: Picks up one of the books… “Is this one checked out?”

Librarian: ”No.”

Man: ”So I can check this one out?”

Librarian: ”Yes.”

Was he operating under a curse?

WHAT IS YOUR DREAM NOOK.

Sat, 05 May 2012 14:55:00 -0400

WHAT IS YOUR DREAM NOOK.

One Morning at Home with John Irving

Fri, 04 May 2012 14:14:23 -0400

One Morning at Home with John Irving:

“I see that ending and I write toward it. It’s kind of waiting for me.”

A new video series—in which Shaul Schwarz visits luminaries at home—debuts today with a trip to see author John Irving.

believermag: French Believers! We’re pleased to announce the...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:11:21 -0400

believermag:

French Believers! We’re pleased to announce the publication of Le Believer by the wonderful Inculte Editions. Le Believer #01 features interviews with Don DeLillo, Steve Carrell, and Daniel Clowes, with essays by Zadie Smith, Stephen Elliott, Porter Fox, and more! Le Believer will be published quarterly and has been called “un mook”, a small ufo-like hybrid of a book and magazine.

Regarde! Le Believer!

PARISIAN FIRE-BREATHER

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:22:57 -0400

PARISIAN FIRE-BREATHER

You don't read women's authors, do you?

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:51:57 -0400

You don't read women's authors, do you?

mcnallyjackson: carpentrix: It’s official-like now and I can...

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:44:00 -0400

mcnallyjackson:

carpentrix:

It’s official-like now and I can share the news with you guys. I sold my book to Norton, and I am very, very excited.

Here’s the little descripto that appeared in Publishers Lunch.

“Former Boston Phoenix editor and freelance book critic Nina MacLaughlin’s account of how she left a life of the computer screen for one with hammer and nails, capturing the pleasures and challenges of making things by hand, how carpentry affects one’s view of the world, and what it’s like to work as a woman in a trade that is 98% male.”

I’ve got big gratitude for the people I read (and the people who read me) here on Tumblr.

[This great hammer drawing is by Portland, Oregon artist Joseph McVetty III.]

Also though before I go: I could not be prouder of my sister. Needless to say, she couldn’t have done it without me.

Yay! (Does this go so far down the line, to brother’s roommate? (Ahem, no it doesn’t.)) Congratulations, Nina!!

Last week was Spring Break, and here’s how I spent it:...

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:07:06 -0400

Last week was Spring Break, and here’s how I spent it: catching up, and in some cases re-acquainting myself, with two of my favorite writer-teachers (and Lovely Ladies) around.

Curmudgeonly brilliance in only five minutes. Maurice Sendak...

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 12:20:00 -0500

Curmudgeonly brilliance in only five minutes. Maurice Sendak talks about Melville’s daring, William Blake’s mysterious passion, luck, the brilliance of childhood and “picture-making.”

“I do not believe I have ever written a children’s book,” he says. “I don’t know how to write a children’s book…How do you set out to write a children’s book? It’s a lie.”

TateShots: Maurice Sendak (by tate)

Christmas reading.

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 12:04:12 -0500

Christmas reading.

Photo

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:20:07 -0500

hrkristensen: NYC…

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:33:51 -0500

hrkristensen:

NYC…