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Currently reading

  • The Double Game by Dan Fesperman

    The Double Game

  • Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead

    Seating Arrangements

  • The Naïve and the Sentimental Novelist by Orhan Pamuk

    The Naïve and the Sentimental Novelist

  • Apocalyptic Planet: Field Guide to the Ever-Ending Earth by Craig Childs

    Apocalyptic Planet: Field Guide to the Ever-Ending Earth

  • The Flame Alphabet by Ben Marcus

    The Flame Alphabet

  • Big Questions by Anders Nilsen

    Big Questions

  • Letters from Hawaii by Mark Twain

    Letters from Hawaii

  • The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow

    The Adventures of Augie March

  • Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama

    Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

  • Last Man in Tower by Aravind Adiga

    Last Man in Tower

  • Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall

    Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

  • Lost Steps by Alejo Carpentier

    Lost Steps

  • Literary Essays and Reviews of the 1930s & 40s by Edmund Wilson

    Literary Essays and Reviews of the 1930s & 40s

  • Vintage Murakami by Haruki Murakami

    Vintage Murakami

  • A History of the Modern World by R.R. Palmer

    A History of the Modern World

Recent tweets

  • This sounds rad, but I'll be grilling #priorities “@bkbrains: NYC Lit crawl in #carrollgardens this weekend! http://t.co/bReBB3tB” » 9 hours ago
  • Watching @0utoftime code a collaborative DJing mobile site for a forthcoming BBQ. Giving lots of unsolicited feedback. » 10 hours ago
  • @NewYorker @joseiswriting I was planning on reading Ender's Game one day, but you spoiled the ending in this article! » 11 hours ago
  • I know @best_coast asks "Why would you live anywhere else?" rhetorically, but my answer is 1. hippies 2. driving and 3. earthquakes. » 2012/05/15
  • @kelseyrahn @0utoftime I like this! More rides please! » 2012/05/11
  • Top 1 Habits of Amazing Writers

    November 4, 2009 in the literary conversation

    they write

    Taken from this lovely post on 43 Folders. At the recommendation of the blogger, I picked up my unread copy of Jack Hart’s A Writer’s Coach (yes, the to-read pile is still bigger than the have-read pile). Against the recommendation of the blogger, I will likely read this book instead of writing on this blog. Hopefully you readers out there will take me as your worst-case example: don’t be like me! Close your browser’s open tabs, except for the one with your WordPress dashboard!

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