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Book: How to Sharpen Pencils by David Rees Reviewed by: Steven David Rees’s artistic journey defies categorization. Best known as the cynical mastermind responsible for Get Your War On, the clip-art diatribe against the culture of fear and hostility cultivated by the previous presidential administration, the erstwhile cartoonist has strayed from the limelight to pursue … Continue reading Book Review: ‘How to Sharpen Pencils’ by David Rees
Like so many in the industry, we've been closely following the Department of Justice's investigation into e-Book pricing. For those of you haven't been following along, the Department of Justice has been looking into whether or not five of the "Big Six" publishers (HarperCollins, Hachette, Simon & Schuster, Penguin, Macmillan) colluded with Apple to use … Continue reading What the Department of Justice Lawsuit Means
Poetry! Today we celebrate with Sylvia Plath. Celebration and Sylvia Plath are rarely associated, but this is such a lovely poem. I Am Vertical by Sylvia Plath But I would rather be horizontal. I am not a tree with my root in the soil Sucking up minerals and motherly love So that each March I … Continue reading National Poetry Month!
Today we Celebrate with Emily Dickinson and Bill Murray. Yeah. It's a good day. I Dwell in Possibility by Emily Dickinson I dwell in Possibility-- A fairer House than Prose-- More numerous of Windows-- Superior--for Doors-- Of Chambers as the Cedars-- Impregnable of Eye-- And for an Everlasting Roof The Gambrels of the Sky-- Of … Continue reading National Poetry Month!
OH it is Tuesday again! Here are today's great NEW RELEASES- as always the blurbs are provided by the publishers. HARDCOVER FICTION I am an Executioner by Rajesh Parameswaran In I Am an Executioner, Rajesh Parameswaran introduces us to a cast of heroes—and antiheroes—who spring from his riotous, singular imagination. From the lovesick tiger who … Continue reading New Releases!
Today we are celebrating National Poetry Month with Shel Silverstein- the master of fun, the king of creativity, the lord of rhyme! He's great and we love him. Hector the Collector by Shel Silverstein Hector the Collector Collected bits of string, Collected dolls with broken heads And rusty bells that would not ring. Pieces out … Continue reading National Poetry Month!
Book: Wild by Cheryl Strayed Reviewed by: Liz W. Every so often, a book coincides perfectly with a moment in your life. I’m not talking about simply getting lost in a book, when you forget the world around you by tumbling into a new world on the page. I’m not even talking about a book … Continue reading Book Review: WILD by Cheryl Strayed
In honor of Tom Angleberger’s new book, Fake Mustache: How Jackie O’Rodeo and Her Wonder Horse (and Some Nerdy Guy) Saved the World, we continue in our mustachery and ponder world domination. We cannot wait for Angleberger to visit to us on Wednesday, April 18, 6p, in the mean time we’re once again asking ourselves: … Continue reading What Would You Do with a Hypnotic Mustache?
It's Monday and time for more poetry! The Double-Bed Dream Gallows by Richard Brautigan Driving through hot brushy country the late autumn, I saw a hawk crucified on a barbed-wire fence. I guess as a kind of advertisement to other hawks, saying from the pages of a leading women’s magazine, “She’s beautiful, but burn all … Continue reading National Poetry Month!
Algonquin's done it again - they've put together another fabulous little Lucky 7 e-Book sale. Check out their $1.99 specials, on sale through April 22nd, 2012.
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