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What the Litblog Co-op engendered
Litbloggers should eventually move on to other endeavors, become not only conversationalists, but producers of literature. . . . It takes time to murder and create.
The Beat of a Funky Drummer
. . . over the course of a year of Tuesdays with Freddie, I think I’ve had my say. And so, for now, I finish here.
To build a fire
Closing a downloaded file just isn’t the same thing as setting aside a bound book. It is a more efficient dismissal than that.
One belated Frankfurt impression Two
I know full well that Stephen Colbert is funny.
One belated Frankfurt impression
Building 8 seemed all too familiar.
Ink on a pin / underneath the skin
Hey, I’m still recuperating from the Frankfurt Book Fair trip, and it’s chilly here in Denver, and I can cocoon for a weekend if I want to.
Interrupted
I know I’ve been silent awhile. I was waiting for someone to start a rumor about my going silent at the same time Maureen Dowd did. But I see she’s back now so I might as well pick up the keyboard again.
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Kaloo Kalay
Yes, I know that Roland Barthes would never have used “readerly” this way.
I sing a simple song
I do love those books that are not quick reads.
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out of stock, out of mind
Somewhere in the background I hear publishers and editors and marketers lamenting again that reviews no longer sell books.