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Monday, June 30, 2014

Where to Start with Jack Kirby


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Labels: Comic Books, Thoughts on Reading, Videos

Friday, June 27, 2014

The 18th Century Art of Fireworks


Kaboom!
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Labels: Antiquarian Books, Illustration

Thursday, June 26, 2014

Books Written from the Villian's Point of View


A list, care of the Huffington Post.
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Labels: Lists, Thoughts on Reading

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

The Literature of Soccer


In honor of the World Cup, a reading list.
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Labels: Lists, Sports Writing, Thoughts on Reading

Monday, June 23, 2014

66 Facts about the English Language You Might Not Know


Enjoy!
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Labels: Language, Lists

Getting to Know Mindy Kaling


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Labels: Television, Videos

Friday, June 20, 2014

The Best (Female) Novelists Working Today


The list, care of the Guardian.
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Labels: Lists, Thoughts on Reading

A New York Rare Book Dealer

A New York Rare Book Dealer from Louise Dewast on Vimeo.
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Labels: Antiquarian Books, Bookstores, Videos

Thursday, June 19, 2014

The Disney Channel's Lost Short Live Action Hansel and Gretel from 1983 and Directed by Tim Burton


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Labels: Children's Literature, Movies, Videos

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Books with Skulls on Them


Bone up on them, here.
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Labels: Book Design

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

The World Cup if the World Cup was Full of Writers


Philip Roth - goalkeeper.

Enjoy.
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Labels: Literary Humor, Sports Writing

Monday, June 16, 2014

Michelle Obama on Maya Angelou


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Labels: Poetry, Videos

Friday, June 13, 2014

Literature Inspired Sneakers


Thanks to New Balance.
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Labels: Miscellaneous Bits

Shepard Fairey

Shepard Fairey: Obey This Film from Brett Novak on Vimeo.
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Labels: Art, Videos

Thursday, June 12, 2014

The Report Cards of Famous Writers


Enjoy!
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Labels: Education

Top 10 Feminist Books


The list, care of the Guardian.
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Labels: Lists, Politics, Thoughts on Reading

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

The Only Known Recordings of C.S. Lewis


Enjoy.
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Labels: Children's Literature, Literary History, Videos

When Walker Evans Visited the New York Public Library


Enjoy!
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Labels: Libraries, Photography

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Times New Roman


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Labels: Graphic Design, Newspapers, Videos

10 Books to Read Before the Summer Movie Comes Out


The list, care of the Huffington Post.
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Labels: Lists, Movies, Thoughts on Reading

Monday, June 09, 2014

John Cheever Reads "The Swimmer"


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Labels: Short Stories, Videos

Stephen King vs. Edgar Allan Poe - Rap Battle


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Labels: Horror, Literary Humor, Videos

Friday, June 06, 2014

37 Deeply Satisfying Palindromes


The list, care of BuzzFeed.
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Labels: Grammar, Literary Humor

James Joyce - the Syphilitic?


Indeed.
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Labels: Literary History

Thursday, June 05, 2014

Gisèle Freund’s Photographs of Modernist Heroes


 
Enjoy.
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Labels: Photography

The Bible of Barbecue


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Labels: Cookbooks, Videos

Wednesday, June 04, 2014

6 American Sites that Inspired Great Books


The list, care of Airship Daily.
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Labels: Lists, Literary Travel

9 Geniuses Who Were Coffee Addicts


The list, care of Huffington Post.
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Labels: Creativity, Lists

Tuesday, June 03, 2014

Does Handwriting Matter Anymore?


Short answer: Yes.
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Labels: Handwriting

Book Benches in London


They're coming.
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Labels: Miscellaneous Bits
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Books Published

  • Odd Harbor - E-Book Novel No Longer Available

Books Published In

  • Found II: More of the Best Lost, Tossed, and Forgotten Items from Around the World
  • Going Mutant: The Bat Boy Exposed
  • Home Brew Wind Power
  • Mountain Man Dance Moves: The McSweeney's Book of Lists
  • My Funny Major Medical
  • My Funny Valentine: America's Most Hilarious Writers Take On Love, Romance, and Other Complications
  • The McSweeney's Joke Book of Book Jokes

Magazines Published In

  • Amphora Magazine
  • BPM Magazine
  • Beer Northwest Magazine
  • Canoe and Kayak Magazine
  • City Arts
  • Coffee House Digest
  • Comedians Magazine
  • Culture: The Word on Cheese
  • Diner Journal
  • Discover America Travel Guide
  • Distinctly Northwest Magazine
  • Epitaphs Magazine
  • Fine Books and Collections Magazine
  • Forever Green
  • Geez Magazine
  • Ghettoblaster Magazine
  • Halftime Magazine
  • Idaho Magazine
  • Lexus Magazine
  • Meatpaper
  • Metro Dot Pop
  • Nevada Magazine
  • Northwest Travel Magazine
  • Parody Poetry Journal
  • Presence Magazine
  • Put an Egg on It
  • Rain Taxi Review of Books
  • Remedy Quarterly
  • SOMA Magazine
  • Seattle Business Magazine
  • Seattle Sound Magazine
  • Sip Northwest Magazine
  • Stage Directions Magazine
  • Sublime Magazine
  • Swindle Magazine
  • Touring & Tasting Magazine
  • Twins Magazine
  • Uppercase Magazine
  • Venuszine
  • Welding and Cutting Magazine

Newspapers Published In

  • Boston Globe
  • Columbia River Reader
  • Crab Cracker
  • Dallas Morning News
  • Denver Post
  • Kansas City Star
  • Los Angeles Times
  • Oklahoman
  • Olympian
  • Oregonian
  • Pike Place Market News
  • Vashon Beachcomber
  • Vashon Loop

Blogs I Contribute To

  • City Arts Magazine
  • Fine Books and Collections Magazine
  • Free Crap on the Side of the Road
  • Full Stop

Websites Published On (Music Writing)

  • Amplified
  • Boxx Magazine
  • BPM
  • Now On Tour
  • Silent Uproar
  • Sweet Fox
  • Three Imaginary Girls
  • Usounds
  • Venuszine

Websites Published In (Humor Writing)

  • Bacon Today
  • Beachwood Reporter
  • Cap'n Wacky
  • CC2K
  • Cricket Soda
  • Defenstration
  • Hobart Pulp
  • McSweeney's Internet Tendency
  • Seattle Raptor
  • Seattle Salmon
  • Yankee Potroast

Websites Published In (Misc Writings)

  • 555 Collective
  • AAA Journey Magazine
  • Aesthetic Refuge
  • CC2K
  • Earthwalkers Magazine
  • Haiku Ninjas
  • Lost Magazine
  • Pen Cap Chew Magazine
  • Poor Taste Magazine
  • Portland Fiction Project
  • Vintage Seattle
  • Word Riot

Photography Published In

  • AAA Journey Magazine
  • City Arts Magazine
  • Crappy Taxidermy
  • Fine Books and Collections Magazine
  • Northwest Travel Magazine

Magazines, Sites, and Blogs I Read Frequently

  • Atlantic
  • Bookdwarf
  • Bookninja
  • Comics Curmudgeon
  • Crosscut Seattle
  • Curious Expeditions
  • Esquire
  • Grist
  • Guardian Unlimited Books
  • Harper's Magazine
  • Largehearted Boy
  • Magazine Publishers of America
  • Media Bistro
  • Morning News
  • National Book Critics Circle Board
  • Neatorama
  • New York Times Book Section
  • New York Times Magazine
  • New Yorker
  • Newsmap
  • Onion, The
  • Slate Magazine
  • Smithsonian
  • Three Quarks Daily
  • USA Today Pop Candy
  • Vanity Fair
  • Weekly World News

Writers I Read Regularly

  • Annie Dillard
  • Bill Bryson
  • Bill McKibben
  • Darby Conley
  • Dave Barry
  • George Saunders
  • Mark Bowden
  • Matthew Yglesias
  • Nick Hornby
  • Oliver Sacks
  • Pete Dexter
  • Sarah Vowell
  • Sherman Alexie
  • Steve Martin
  • Susan Orlean
  • T.C. Boyle
  • Timothy Egan
  • Tobias Wolff

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      • The 18th Century Art of Fireworks
      • Books Written from the Villian's Point of View
      • The Literature of Soccer
      • 66 Facts about the English Language You Might Not ...
      • Getting to Know Mindy Kaling
      • The Best (Female) Novelists Working Today
      • A New York Rare Book Dealer
      • The Disney Channel's Lost Short Live Action Hansel...
      • Books with Skulls on Them
      • The World Cup if the World Cup was Full of Writers
      • Michelle Obama on Maya Angelou
      • Literature Inspired Sneakers
      • Shepard Fairey
      • The Report Cards of Famous Writers
      • Top 10 Feminist Books
      • The Only Known Recordings of C.S. Lewis
      • When Walker Evans Visited the New York Public Library
      • Times New Roman
      • 10 Books to Read Before the Summer Movie Comes Out
      • John Cheever Reads "The Swimmer"
      • Stephen King vs. Edgar Allan Poe - Rap Battle
      • 37 Deeply Satisfying Palindromes
      • James Joyce - the Syphilitic?
      • Gisèle Freund’s Photographs of Modernist Heroes
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      • 6 American Sites that Inspired Great Books
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