Millions contributor Tyler Malone has created a Tumblr account dedicated to the marginalia of David Markson, whose novel Wittgenstein’s Mistress was famously passed up by 54 publishers before becoming a critical darling.
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5 Under 35 Named
The National Book Foundation announced this year’s “5 Under 35” authors. Three cheers for Jennifer duBois (A Partial History of Lost Causes), Stuart Nadler (The Book of Life), Haley Tanner (Vaclav & Lena), Justin Torres (We the Animals), and Claire Vaye Watkins (Battleborn, which we recently reviewed)!
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Appropriate Today More Than Ever
For the tenth anniversary of Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, Barbara Ehrenreich has penned a new foreword and introduction which you can read here.
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Best Last Lines
The American Book Review has a list (pdf) of the 100 best last lines from novels. I can't think of mine; I keep getting "last line" confused with "end." Thoughts? (Thanks Shakesville).
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An Experimental Review of an Experimental Translation
Matthew Jakubowski’s “experimental review” of Yoko Tawada’s Portrait of a Tongue is unlike anything you’ve read in months, and I promise you that.
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“Do not open until war is over.”
“What he discovered was a box filled with disguised anti-Nazi tracts hidden in packets of tea and shampoo and concealed in miniature books both popular and scholarly.”
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Harper Lee Will Publish a Sequel to “Mockingbird”
Harper announced today that To Kill a Mockingbird author Harper Lee will publish a sequel to her famous novel this July. The sequel, titled Go Set a Watchman, was originally written before To Kill a Mockingbird, and features that book's main character Scout as a grown woman. The book is Lee's second novel, and the first she's published since the 1950s.
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Hey Nick, thanks for posting about my Markson tumblr. I’ve actually started writing a couple pieces for The Millions, wrote a review of Cesar Aira’s “Varamo” that was published here not too long ago, and Max has me working on another review now, so I’m happy for the additional exposure. Appreciate the Marksonalia love!
Thanks for the reveal! Small world. I’ve updated the post.