L.C. Kanon's Blog, page 124
January 28, 2013
aaknopf:
“My local library branch started doing this “Blind...
“My local library branch started doing this “Blind Date with a Book” thing, thought you guys might like it. The shelf was full when we got there, but was like this as we were leaving. The books are wrapped in paper and have different designs on them, and then a few words vaguely describing the subject matter of the book. Things like “Drama”, “Plot Twists”, “espionage”, etc. The only thing exposed on the book is the barcode that you use to scan the book out. I thought it was a pretty cool idea.”
Sometimes marketing is not a bad thing at all.
Blind dates. with books? Ohhh!
January 27, 2013
We heart this title!
We heart this title!
awesomepeoplereading:
Guess what author Morrissey likes to...
Guess what author Morrissey likes to read. I’ll give you thr … Oh. You guessed it.
What Morissey reads!
theparisreview:
When you talk to yourself, you talk to the...
When you talk to yourself, you talk to the things
and of the things that are so bitter,
no other conversation is possible;
both bear death, both end blind.
Here the east sings and the west sinks pints,
fruit explodes with ripeness,
ooze from palm and rubber tree,
even the orchid runs with individual justice.
You all over, you once again open to all,
the final hour, and you soar and soar,
then one more song, and you sink, transfixed,
you know existence, and you hold your peace.
—Gottfried Benn, from “Despair”
Art Credit Zdravko Mandic
When you talk to yourself.
January 26, 2013
Fun rooms to read in.
Fun rooms to read in.
theparisreview:
“I am always plotting my next meal, mulling...
“I am always plotting my next meal, mulling over my last, calculating my degree of appetite. Those days when illness robs me of hunger are among my most hopeless. I remember food scenes in movies and books better than others. The city is mentally mapped by cookies and hamburgers; noodle stands are my landmarks; a trip is an opportunity to eat new things, and work up an appetite, and try more.”
Read more from Sadie Stein on the gift of hunger here.
Ode to food
January 25, 2013
January 24, 2013
Metaphysics… and Weddings.
Metaphysics… and Weddings.
