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Review of "That Old Cape Magic," by Richard Russo

My review of Richard Russo's "That Old Cape Magic" is live at Popmatters.

An excerpt:

"...there's fucking truth in here."

Though the above emphatic compliment appears in, and not about, Richard Russo's That Old Cape Magic, it is applicable. Beneath the rolling surface of Russo's seventh novel, truths push and pull and threaten to drag one under. Like sea glass they wait for discovery. Some truths are hard, some are a bit worn to the point of cliché (though still pleasing to look...

Whatever bubbles up.

Guy LeCharles Gonzalez posted this charming video at his website, using it to illustrate how independent bookstores might approach competing with the big guns (B&N, Amazon). Depth, not breadth is the key, he argues. I think he's right.

But I wanted to share the video for a different reason. As I watched it I found it amazingly inspirational in an artistic way. John Nese, proprietor of Galcos Soda Pop Stop in Los Angeles, is an artist, a creator. His medium is soda, and he works the medium...

Whatever bubbles up.

Guy LeCharles Gonzalez posted this charming video at his website, using it to illustrate how independent bookstores might approach competing with the big guns (B&N, Amazon). Depth, not breadth is the key, he argues. I think he's right.

But I wanted to share the video for a different reason. As I watched it I found it amazingly inspirational in an artistic way. John Nese, proprietor of Galcos Soda Pop Stop in Los Angeles, is an artist, a creator. His medium is soda, and he works the...

The Unreclusive Recluse (a.k.a. The Pynchon Hoax)

The New Yorker reveals that it got taken by a hoax involving Thomas Pynchon in the 90s. The band Lotion let it be known that Pynchon was in the habit of attending their shows. Some of what they said was true, some not, and eventually the story wound up in the New Yorker:

Here is the band's current version of events: They had, in fact, met Pynchon, but they did so through his accountant, who happened to be the mother of Lotion's drummer, Rob Youngberg. She gave Pynchon an advance copy of...

The Unreclusive Recluse (a.k.a. The Pynchon Hoax)

The New Yorker reveals that it got taken by a hoax involving Thomas Pynchon in the 90s. The band Lotion let it be known that Pynchon was in the habit of attending their shows. Some of what they said was true, some not, and eventually the story wound up in the New Yorker:

Here is the band's current version of events: They had, in fact, met Pynchon, but they did so through his accountant, who happened to be the mother of Lotion's drummer, Rob Youngberg. She gave Pynchon an advance copy of...

Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon

There's speculation that the voice-over is provided by Pynchon himself. Is it him? If you want it to be, sure, why not. Truth is in the ear of the beholder, right?

Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon

There's speculation that the voice-over is provided by Pynchon himself. Is it him? If you want it to be, sure, why not. Truth is in the ear of the beholder, right?