December 2011
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47 songs i listened to a lot in 2011 →
maura:
guaranteed to be free of _______________ and _____________.
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Apparently It's Short Story Day
Because Dec. 22 is the shortest day of the year. I have no idea, but the Twitter-verse says it’s so, so why not? Made me think about one of my favorite short stories ever: 92 Days by Larry Brown. If you haven’t read it, oh man, you have a real treat in store. Track it down, get yourself a nice spot in some bar, start reading and you will have yourself a hell of a time. Just a great...
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The Internet only works because only because everyone who participates in it...
– Read my entire post on How SOPA Will Break the Internet on my blog. (via pith)
Jesse Jesse Go! (via rachelfershleiser)
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The Ghost of Books: Part II
lareviewofbooks:
BEN EHRENREICH, STEPHEN ELLIOTT, MATTHEW SPECKTOR, MARY OTIS, and AYELET WALDMAN
Image © Lisa Jane Persky for Los Angeles Review of Books
BEN EHRENREICH
My tastes haven’t changed much since I was about eight years old. Back then my favorite books were all about lonely children who in their wanderings happened across a mysterious portal that allowed them to slip away...
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Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.
– Jules Renard (via doubledaybooks)
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Bookavore: The more I think about the latest... →
bookavore:
The more I think about the latest Amazon outrage, and filter through my lack of shock, then my sadness at my lack of shock, then my sadness at my sadness of my lack of shock, the thing that really bothers me is that Amazon seem to be obsessed with making decisions that make people angry at them….
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Have no fear of perfection - you’ll never reach it.
– // Salvador Dali (via theslowman)
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5 Books You Can't Download
scribnerbooks:
Because they’re not available as an e-book, and won’t be, for the foreseeable future.
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