A writer at this blog watched a night of literary Jeopardy. (Here’s a hint: what is The Outlet?)
I’ll Take “Enjambments” for a Thousand, Alex
Five Symptoms
Recommended Reading: Maddox Pratt on battling depression and writing a long work of hypertext literature.
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Billionaire Book Critic
If you thought Bill Gates was content donating millions of dollars to charities around the world and hiding out in his exorbitantly expensive mansion compound, think again! The Microsoft founder and tech mogul reviews books on his personal blog, Gates Notes–and those reviews actually drive sales. Move over “Colbert Bump,” the Gates Bump is here to stay.
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Foetry Chronicles
Brett Ortler, a blogger at Bark, chronicles his effort to figure out why indie publisher, BlazeVOX, wants to charge him $250 to publish his book of poems. Follow-up posts reveal, first, that BlazeVOX has rescinded the pay-to-play scheme, and, second, that it now plans to go out of business by the end of the year.
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Lemuel Gulliver Redux
Eighteenth century literature lives: This Christmas, Jack Black will play Gulliver in an adaption of Jonathan Swift‘s Gulliver’s Travels. See the preview here.
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Poetry Walk in the Bronx
Don’t miss Jon Cotner‘s “Poem Forest” at the NY Botanical Gardens Nov 4-5 and Nov 11-12, 12-4:30. It’s a self-guided tour that promises “a new kind of poetry experience, as well as a new kind of walking experience. Poet-walker Jon Cotner has fused lines selected from 2500 years of nature poetry with Thain Forest’s autumnal landscape.” Details at the Poetry Society of America.
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Supplementing Bolaño
Roberto Bolaño’s posthumous releases may rival Tupac’s in quantity. Indeed, the author “sustains an interest in Latin American literature all by himself,” writes Robert Birnbaum. But what if you want to broaden your survey of Latin and South American literature? Well, luckily, Birnbaum’s got some recommendations for you.
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Epic Fail Aces Its Lulz Studies
“While others … have explored the more serious contexts of online humor, particularly when it tilts into the grim and mean, in Epic Fail [Mark] O’Connell makes a useful addition to what I’ll refer to as Lulz Studies by attempting to put this variety of Schadenfreude in cultural-historical perspective.”
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1000 North 25th Avenue,
Melrose Park, IL 60160
1. Head west on W Eastwood Ave toward N Sheridan Rd.
2. Turn right onto N Sheridan Rd 0.2 mi
3. Turn right onto W Lawrence Ave 0.3 mi
4. Turn right to merge onto U.S. 41 S 7.2 mi
5. Turn right onto E Balbo Ave 0.5 mi
6. Turn right onto S State St 0.2 mi
7. Turn left onto W Congress Pkwy 0.4 mi
8. Continue onto I-290 W 11.7 mi
9. Take exit 18B for N 25th Ave 0.2 mi
10. Merge onto 25th Ave 1.7 mi
Destination will be on the left
Melrose Park Sports & Fitness
1000 North 25th Avenue