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Sam - The Ragged Edge of the World by Eugene Linden "Eugene Linden is amazing. I can't put this down! Every story sucks you in. The book is a collection of vignettes about the places that Linden, a journalist who wrote for National Geographic, has traveled and what he has seen there. I highly recommend … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
Okay kids, we're keeping it short and sweet this week. Demetri Martin's due in the store in a few hours and we have some running around to do. Here's the week's news in a nutshell: Natalie Portman's dad is self-publishing a thriller about fertility: Misconception. Amazon released its first-quarter earnings statement and it looks like … Continue reading As the Book World Turns….
Last night we had the pleasure of hosting the incomparable Mary Roach as she tours the country for her book about outerspace and the people who go there, Packing for Mars, which is now out in paperback (we have signed copies, as well as signed copies of Stiff, Spook, and Bonk, FYI.) Here are some … Continue reading Mary Roach, We Love You
It took all month, but we finally found a Bukowski poem clean enough to post in this public forum (there are kids out there, we like to be careful.) Today's poem of the day is Girl In a Miniskirt Reading the Bible Outside My Window, originally published in the collection Mockingbird Wish Me Luck and … Continue reading Poem of the Day: ‘Girl In a Miniskirt Reading the Bible Outside My Window,’ by Charles Bukowski
Today's poem of the day for this final week of National Poetry Month (oh, where does the time go?) is one from E. E. Cummings, that master manipulator of language: i carry your heart with me(i carry it in. One of the most prolific and experimental poets of the twentieth century, Cummings cultivated a distinct … Continue reading Poem of the Day: ‘i carry your heart with me(i carry it in’ by e. e. cummings
It's only appropriate that Earth Day should fall in National Poetry Month; what more universal Muse have poets known over the centuries than Mother Nature? (Well all right, a case could be made for love, sure, but Mother Nature has surely broken fewer hearts and inspired more odes than laments in comparison.) In honor of … Continue reading Poem of the Day: ‘A Song for the Rolling Earth’ by Walt Whitman
It's still April, which means it's still National Poetry Month. Today's poem of the day is Gnosticism III by Anne Carson, from her collection, Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Opera. Carson is known for her innovative work with poetry, composing entire novels in verse such as Autobiography in Red, which was a New York Times Notable Book … Continue reading Poem of the Day: ‘Gnosticism III’ by Anne Carson
Last night we had the extreme displeasure of hosting Lemony Snicket - who couldn't even be bothered to show up. Instead we had to suffice with Snicket's official representative, Daniel Handler. Fortunately, Handler turned out to be a pretty okay guy, though we did have to shout ALL 13 WORDS from Snicket's new book, 13 … Continue reading Another Disappointing Evening with Lemony Snicket
April is National Poetry Month, and in honor of this month-long celebration of verse, we'll be scouring the Poetry section here at BookPeople to bring you (roughly) thirty of our favorite poems in thirty days. We'll also have an essay on why poetry is relevant from poet Joni Wallace, coverage of one of Austin's slam … Continue reading It’s National Poetry Month!
I picked my 6 year old son, Harry, up from school today and we went back to the house and spent time together lying side by side on the living room floor, looking at the photographs in Hard Ground. Neither of us said much; I would occasionally comment on the sadness in someone's eyes and … Continue reading Review: Hard Ground by Tom Waits & Michael O’Brien
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