December 2011
TICKETS
Hi! I’m interrupting my vacation to remind you about these three things you won’t want to miss:
enter to win tickets to Norwegian Wood.
nab your ticket for Safe Space on Monday, January 9 for our first event in a new series pairing classical musicians and writers.
get a ticket for “ukelele wizard” (Gawker) Julia Nunes as she showcases her new, crowd-funded (yay...
Anonymous asked: ARE YOU CLOSED FOR AN EVENT TONIGHT
The Regift Shoppe
Not ready to brave the holiday shopping crowds of Herald Square? Trying to decide if that neighbor, co-worker, or second cousin is gift-worthy? Exit Creative Company has created a virtual solution to your very real problem. The Regift Shoppe has the perfect e-card, sure to make that not-so-special someone laugh out loud. Visit regiftshoppe.com, and for every virtual regift sent, Exit will make a...
THANK YOU!
Each quarter, Book Riot donates 2% of its gross revenue to one charity. After being nominated and selected as one of five finalists to receive this donation this quarter, Housing Works won more than 50% of the votes during the November 22nd through December 5th period of public voting on bookriot.com. Therefore, with this strong majority of votes, we are pleased to announce that Housing Works has...
ANOTHER HUGE COOL THING WE ARE DOING IN JANUARY
Housing Works Bookstore Cafe announces “Safe Space”, a new series for classical musicians and authors to benefit Housing Works
Inaugural event January 9, 2012, with pianist Jonathan Biss and author Adam Haslett
Monday, January 9, 7:00 - 8:30 pm
$12 tickets guarantee admission but not seating, which will be on a first-come first-served basis. All ticket sales benefit...
Almost Everyone (surprise special guests!) Reading... →
Scott Adsit (30 Rock)
Kurt Anderson (Studio 360)
Stefan Merrill Block (The Storm at the Door)
Alexander Chee (The Queen of the Night)
Joshua Cohen (Four New Messages)
Jonathan Dee (The Privileges)
Elyssa East (Dogtown)
Ira Glass (This American Life)
David Goodwillie (American Subversive)
Emily Gould (And the Heart Says Whatever)
Lev Grossman (The Magician King)
Kathryn Harrison (The...
Surprisingly, I am less sure than this guy on...
In which Dustin, the least grumpy person I know, becomes gloriously and articulately rankled at Farhad Manjoo. Read the whole thing.
towirr:
A gentleman named Farhad Manjoo just posted a proudly contrarian article on Slate explaining why independent bookstores are not only irrelevent but maybe even harmful. I work at an independent bookstore, so that’s an argument I’d be very very curious to...
This week at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe
MONDAY, December 12, The MothShop Showcase Featuring the best of The MothShop Community Education Program. $5 suggested donation at the door.
TUESDAY, December 13, The Moth StorySLAM, Theme: Ancestors 10 stories, 3 teams of judges, 1 winner. $8 at the door. This event always sells out. Limited seating. Please arrive early.
WEDNESDAY, December 14, The Lit Mag Office Party with Slice magazine,...
“If I could be someone else… I think I would be… a… a… a gardener at a public...”
– Simon Van Booy via Harper Perennial (via rachelfershleiser)
Simon is reading at our What the Dickens? A Christmas Carol marathon this Sunday. If we’re lucky, in the style of James Bond.
“This guy is not afraid of diving into the serious shit. It’s a first-hand...”
– Hamilton Leithauser, lead singer of The Walkmen, counts The Forever War by Dexter Filkins among the best books for his Year in Reading. (via millionsmillions)
The Forever War is one of the best books I’ve ever read and, at the very least, should be required reading for every American.
“[Blood Meridian is] written in his inimitable style, that fusion of The Book of...”
– Adam Ross on Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian in his Year in Reading for The Millions
“Because I can’t even make a list for various blogs that ask me to select the top...”
– Alison Espach, When Amazon took my gold medal away - Books - Salon.com
I too am unable to answer/get panicked when confronted with subjective online security questions like “Who was your favorite teacher?”
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The Literati Recommend Their Favorite Books of... →
Lorin Stein, editor of The Paris Review
Pulphead, by John Jeremiah Sullivan I hesitate to recommend this collection, since two of the essays first ran in The Paris Review, and he’s our southern editor, and a friend—but what the hell. I’ve reread that book so many times I quote it by mistake, and still it’s on my bedside table, like a talisman against night terrors.
Leaving the Atocha Station, by...
“… the world is not theirs and never was and the suffering and the horrors...”
– “Cormac McCarthy” on Urban Outfitters, Union Square, San Francisco, CA on Yelping with Cormac
Man do I still love this blog.
“I tried to explain that I hadn’t written in it because I loved it so much and I...”
– Elissa Schappell, “Aren’t You Dead Yet?”, Blueprints for Building Better Girls viaThe Millions : 12 Holiday Gifts That Writers Will Actually Use
Yes.
