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17
May
![HWBC Weekly Roundup
To read:Margaret Atwood, Jonathan Franzen, and more on likability in novels.John Green’s Butler University commencement speech.Ten William S. Burroughs quotes about cats. Why Mrs. Dalloway Still Matters 88 years later.Are oral histories a good way to write about music?
To watch:First trailer for James Franco’s film adaptation of As I Lay Dying.
To look at:A graphical representation of every recurring joke in Arrested Development.
To listen to:New Dodos song!
[image via HWBC photo archives, 1999]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/fb657bfafc328f4849cb9d5170d27e22/tumblr_mmxjhwLLu01qb6ut5o1_500.jpg)
May
HWBC Weekly Roundup
To read:
Margaret Atwood, Jonathan Franzen, and more on likability in novels.
John Green’s Butler University commencement speech.
Ten William S. Burroughs quotes about cats.
Why Mrs. Dalloway Still Matters 88 years later.
Are oral histories a good way to write about music?
To watch:
First trailer for James Franco’s film adaptation of As I Lay Dying.
To look at:
A graphical representation of every recurring joke in Arrested Development.
To listen to:
New Dodos song!
[image via HWBC photo archives, 1999]
16
May
May
Hi Bookternet,
Tonight’s Splitsider panel is my last event as Housing Works events intern. I’ve loved working here, enough that I am staying on as freelance podcast producer (yay!) and probably someone who just hangs out at bookstore events lots. If that’s not enough remember you can find me on Tumblr/Twitter/etc.
Miss y’all already,
Jenny
16
May
May
How much fun was last night’s show? Thank you to Amy Poehler, and everyone who called in looking for an insight into their futures.
Excited to watch the episode once it’s online but in the meantime, come see Chris Gethard on a panel with Julie Klausner and Splitsider editor Adam Frucci tonight at 7, won’t you?
(Source: goodonediana)
13
May
May
This Week at HWBC:
Tonight come to What is the Queer Novel? a reading and conversation from Sarah Schulman and Barbara Browning presented by Emily Books. Everyone’s first drink is free thanks to Togather!
Then on Wednesday come help launch Laura Lee Gulledge’s new graphic novel Will & Whit, with a reading, music, video shorts, and door prizes.
Thursday, Splitsider presents Laugh Track: Unconventional Comedy Careers in the Internet Age, a panel with comedians Julie Klausner, Chris Gethard, and Dave Hill hosted by Splitsider founding editor Adam Frucci.
Friday the Moth StorySLAM returns to Housing Works Bookstore Cafe, this time with the theme Envy. Tickets are $8 at the door.
Finally, our 30% off sale on art & design books continues through Friday!
10
May
![HWBC Weekly Roundup
To read:Why Haruki Murakami translated The Great Gatsby.
To watch:The first trailer for the film adaptation of August: Osage County.The New Lonely Island/Between Two Ferns video is great.
To look at:Learn new words! The anatomy of a book.The Worst Room.Book covers reimagined as if they were by opposite-gendered authors.
[image by Beowulf Sheehan - an event with Anne Carson, Gary Shteyngart, and Laurie Anderson via HWBC archives]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/5f1a963b491f1e5e2e9672be21185d7e/tumblr_mmjycokreD1qb6ut5o1_500.jpg)
May
HWBC Weekly Roundup
To read:
Why Haruki Murakami translated The Great Gatsby.
To watch:
The first trailer for the film adaptation of August: Osage County.
The New Lonely Island/Between Two Ferns video is great.
To look at:
Learn new words! The anatomy of a book.
The Worst Room.
Book covers reimagined as if they were by opposite-gendered authors.
[image by Beowulf Sheehan - an event with Anne Carson, Gary Shteyngart, and Laurie Anderson via HWBC archives]
10
May
May
pith:
That time when there were a whole bunch of mostly naked boys in a bookstore to celebrate Whitman. You were there, right?
In case you missed our marathon reading of Leaves of Grass, this is what it looked like. You can hear excerpts from it on our podcast!
06
May
May
Behold THE INFINITE CORPSE, a jam comic started in secret over a year ago by Aaron Renier, Nate Beaty and the other cartoonists of Chicago’s comics collective Trubble Club. Based on a combination of Raw’s Narrative Corpse project and Scott McCloud’s idea of the “infinite canvas,” it’s a kind of exquisite corpse comic focused around the skeleton Corpsey. There are already 200+ cartoonists who’ve participated (Art Spiegelman, Alison Bechdel, Pen Ward, Carol Tyler, Ivan Brunetti, Lilli Carré etc etc etc) and now it is open to everyone. So go, read! Contribute! Be a part of this ground-breaking new project!
-Jessica Campbell
I’m in this! I was a founding member of Trubble Club, and it’s awesome to see all it has wrought.
Wowowow this looks so good, excited to read more!
06
May
May
Podcast haikus!
Poetry Month is
technically over but not
until you hear this
Listen on iTunes
or on Soundcloud works also
give us five stars please
Okay I’ll stop now.
06
May
May
"Young people consume entertainment in a way that is different from even 10 years ago. They’re used to comments. They’re used to shaping things that are subpar. For me, I’d love to do something that’s highly interactive. I have a vision of a late night show that puts Internet and TV together, whereas now they’re so often in competition. I’d love to do a live show because I feel, especially with the Internet, giving feedback becomes important."
Chris Gethard, from Late Night Reboot - Jeff Garlin, Tig Notaro and More on Shows They’d Host - Esquire
Esquire interviewed some of the people they’d like to see take over Late Night from Jimmy Fallon, including Chris Gethard and Julie Klausner, a cool 2/3 of our Laugh Track event with Splitsider May 16th. Also Gethard’s answer pretty much sums up the event’s theme of unconventional comedy careers in the Internet age.
06
May
May
This week at HWBC:
Wednesday we’re excited to present SHARP: A Discussion of Women & Criticism, featuring a stellar lineup of female critics including Kate Bolick (The Atlantic), Ruth Franklin (The New Republic), Laura Miller (Salon), Miriam Markowitz (The Nation), Michelle Orange (The Rumpus), Parul Sehgal (New York Times Book Review) and moderator Michelle Dean (The Awl).
Thursday night, Tumblr presents a book launch for Adulting, Kelly Williams Brown’s guide to becoming a grown-up, with readings from the author and some more of the Internet’s funniest writers.
Friday, stop by for the Slush Pile, our weekly happy hour featuring specials on beer, wine, and grilled cheese!
This Friday through next Friday (May 17th), enjoy 30% off all art and design books! Spread the word.
Join the International Crime Book Group Saturday morning for discussion of Peter Lovesey’s The Last Detective.
Sunday morning Gotham Writers Workshop presents a free memoir writing class taught by Melissa Petro.
Stuff We like
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Coffee and yogurt outside all summer long on my new twee as hell bistro set from gardeners.com.
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A girl gave me her number last night and told me that we “have to hang out” and then she revealed...
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“I lifted the steaming coffee to my lips, breathing in the bitter aroma and feeling the warmth...”
