Bill Cheng's Blog, page 102
May 1, 2013
A Different Stripe: How an “ordinary Missouri English professor” Became an International Sensation
‘Stoner is magic,’ said Oscar van Gelderen, publisher of Lebowski, which published the Dutch edition in 2012 and now has over 100,000 copies in print. Currently, it’s the #1 bestseller in the Netherlands, where it’s been near the top of the charts for weeks. It was one of Israel’s bestselling books of 2012. And it’s moving units in France, Spain, and Italy; over 50,000 copies have been sold in the latter since it was published there in February 2012. ‘So far the book has kept selling without signs of receding,’ said Cristina Marino from Fazi, the novel’s Italian publisher.
—Publishers Weekly on the phenomenal success John Williams’s Stoner has been experiencing around the world. We have our own theories about why it’s doing so well in the Netherlands …
{I picked up a copy about a month ago and can’t wait to read it.}
This book is DEVASTATING. Go read it!
"What I really like to learn how to do is to build sentences that are equal to mental states."
- Richard Powers (via theparisreview)
6 more days until the book is out!
Hellhound on my Trail by...
6 more days until the book is out!
Hellhound on my Trail by Robert Johnson.
Filet Mignon and Shrimp
Filet Mignon and Shrimp
April 30, 2013
An hour left at work before you hit the news stand for the...
scottcheshire:
So the new issue of the Slice Literary Magazine...
So the new issue of the Slice Literary Magazine is now out. And so you should buy it. Why?
1 - Because it’s a super magazine, and magazines like this need your support.
2 - Because it’s not expensive, and actually you could subscribe to it for just $15. I just spent $17.00 on a terrible lunch, and you’ve probably recently done something similar, am I wrong?
3 - Because there is really good writing in it from lots of really good writers.
4 - Because I’m in it, and this particular story is a practically a gateway to my neuroses, and if that kind of thing interests you, well, I think you’ll like it. And if you happen to owe me $15 or more - and there are a few of you - buy the magazine and consider all debts paid.
Click the image and you shall find…
I’ve been looking for a way into Scott’s neuroses…
gitmobooks:
“The Good Earth,” “Alice in Wonderland,” and...
“The Good Earth,” “Alice in Wonderland,” and “Ender’s Game”
A tumlbr featuring photos of the Guantanamo Prison Library.
One of my favorites pictured above.
amnhnyc:
More than a century old, this Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw feast...
More than a century old, this Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw feast dish depicts a killer whale with a human head and a second human head within its dorsal fin. The human is Siwidi, a mythic hero who travels undersea in a canoe that transforms into a killer whale.
See it in Whales: Giants of the Deep.
© AMNH/D. Finnin
myjetpack:
YOU’RE ALL JUST JEALOUS OF MY JETPACK is out now...
YOU’RE ALL JUST JEALOUS OF MY JETPACK is out now from Drawn & Quarterly.
Many of the cartoons from my tumblr will be in the book, some will not (because I did them after the selection was made) and there will be many others in the book which have not appeared on tumblr. Some more details are here.
Online order links: Amazon.com (US), Indiebound (US), Amazon.ca (Canada), Amazon.co.uk (UK), The Guardian (UK), The Hive (UK).
I’ve been enjoying these for the last few weeks! Go check it out!
