New this week: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman, Carnival by Rawi Hage, In the House upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods by Matt Bell, Children of the Jacaranda Tree by Sahar Delijani, the collected letters of Italo Calvino, and the seventh issue of McSweeney’s food mag Lucky Peach.
Tuesday New Release Day: Gaiman, Hage, Bell, Delijani, Calvino, Peach
Pimpin’ with Remnick
Correction of the day, courtesy of The New York Times: "He did not say that it would not be a 'pimped out' version of the article."
Happy Birthday, New Directions
Powell's is celebrating New Directions' 75th birthday by offering a 30% discount on select titles.
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“Time is the substance from which I am made.”
Yesterday was Jorge Luis Borges' 112th birthday, and you can celebrate belatedly by reading his Paris Review interview and his treatment in The New York Review of Books.
Broadcasting the Atocha Station
An A+ radio interview with Leaving the Atocha Station author Ben Lerner, you say? Why, yes, I think that's right up my alley.
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