LOUISVILLE THIS WEEKEND

Hey, I have been neglecting the pants off this website, but I wanted to mention that I’ll be in Louisville this weekend opening for the Comedy Act Not to Laugh At, which is my favorite speech act of all time; it is a great honor. More info is here or here. Quintessential apologetic blog post [...]

Neff Hall

I’m in a student lounge in the J-school? Except my computer science class is in this building? On a weirdly non-password protected newish iMac with a filthy keyboard. I went back to school, Rodney Dangerfield style. Today’s the first day of classes. This morning involved the self-inflicted horror of going to the pre-lecture lab of [...]

Spongeware

Dark Snacks Old homemade hummus rehabilitated with a tablespoon of flax seed oil. A Bubbies pickle chopped into slices and stirred into the hummus. Spread over an ancient bialy hastily rehabilitated in the broiler. Sprinkle the shebang (whole) w/ crushed red chili pepper. Your stomach will howl as you chew. A funny idea Let’s say [...]

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Elif Batuman: I told him that I had loved Freedom, which is true and would have been a great ending point for our exchange. So it’s difficult to articulate what possessed me, at a later, boozier point in the dinner, to ask Franzen whether he had any weed. In part, I was curious whether he [...]

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The Pale King.

Q: Why on Earth haven’t I bought this book yet? A: I haven’t walked by a bookstore since it’s come out. John Jeremiah Sullivan, flawlessly Jesse Klein, honestly Maria Bustillos, most movingly

good critics

Michael Miller: Present: Terry Castle, Geoff Dyer, Gary Indiana, Janet Malcolm, Joshua Cohen, Zadie Smith, Ed Park, Luc Sante, Sam Anderson, Stephen Burt, Laura Miller, Alex Abramovich, Eric Banks, Joan Didion, John Ashbery, Joshua Clover. I like some people who write more about music than about books: Robert Christgau, Jon Dolan, and Rob Sheffield come [...]

domestic house

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Hey. I’m a part of this thing tomorrow. I’m up first. It’s “an evening After Dark event at the Exploratorium this Thursday, March 3rd from 6 – 10 p.m. It’s the public portion of a conference called  Art as a Way of Knowing.” Exploratorium After Dark: While You Were Sleeping “The best way to see [...]