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In The Future Perfect, Susan Taylor Chehak (author of Rampage, Harmony, Smithereens, and many more) interviews John Irving (a man that likely needs no introduction, but just in case, he's the author of The World According to Garp, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Until I find you, The Hotel New Hampshire, The Cider House Rules, and … Continue reading weekend reading
The origin of The Conformist starts with Carlo Rosselli. Roselli was a major political figure in the anti-Fascist movements in Italy, Paris, and in the Spanish Civil War. He founded the anti-Fascist movement Giustizia e Liberta or Justice and Freedom. On June 9, 1937 while visiting the French resort town of Bagnoles-de-l’Orne, he was murdered … Continue reading The Authors & Auteurs Book Club Refuses To Become The Conformist
Amy Poehler wasn't always America's favorite aggressively positive city councilwoman Leslie Knope on television's Parks and Recreation. Nor was she born into the role of writer, performer, and all-around comedy goddess on Saturday Night Live. It was no accident that she co-founded the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York and starred in the Upright Citizens … Continue reading The Stand Up Sit Down Book Club Stands With Amy Poehler And Says “Yes Please!”
Kirsten Bakis' The Thief, is a beautifully written short story that transcends the bleak reality it represents. It lends a mesmerizing hope to an otherwise hopeless condition. Set in 1910 New York City, Sally, a maid for the wealthy Whittinger family, is fixated on a particular vase the family owns.She knows possession of the vase … Continue reading weekend reading
The lights in your train car flicker as the subway changes tracks, making an unexpected detour through forgotten caverns deep below the city. Pale eyes shine back at you through fogged and graffiti-scarred windows as you try to make sense of your surroundings. Gaining speed, your train plummets past abandoned stations, illegible insignia scrawled in … Continue reading The Nightmare Factory Book Club Has Touched The Rail That Is The Lesser Dead!
Todd Glass's situation is unique. After a killer set at the Largo at the Coronet, he retreated backstage to receive some well-deserved accolades from his peers. Two seconds later, he was face down in the filthy carpet of the comedy club, apparently in the throes of a serious heart attack. When Sarah Silverman came to … Continue reading The Stand Up Sit Down Book Club Drops In To See What Kind Of Situation THE TODD GLASS SITUATION Is In.
Margaret Atwood writes, “Calling a piece of short fiction a ‘tale’ removes it at least slightly from the realm of mundane works and days, as it evokes the world of the folk tale, the wonder tale, and the long-ago teller of tales.” Tales, as we are familiar with them, also evoke the idea of youth, … Continue reading Wicked Wit: The New & Noteworthy Book Club Discusses Margaret Atwood’s The Stone Mattress
The human mind can't always be trusted. The objective world - light, sound, touch - is filtered through our perceptions to form our version of reality and, if the filter isn't quite screwed on tight enough, or the holes in the mesh are a little too big, they might just allow in gigantic, soul crushing … Continue reading The Nightmare Factory Flies Over The Cuckoo’s Nest With THE DEVIL IN SILVER!
This month's featured fiction from Covered w/ Fur is Two Stories by Kiik A.K. The first story, All Your Sweet Babes, is about a farm of stray dogs. The second, The Season of Hair, is about very long hair. But really, they are both about Asian American relocation and internment during the second world war. The … Continue reading weekend reading
My Bliss, by Bonnie Jo Campbell, explores marriage. Or, marrying things and not marrying things. It is a short short story, and very strange. Here's a line: "How foolish, my marrying the truck, the shovel, the hair, the hope, the broom, the mail—oh, waiting and waiting for the mail to come!" From Pank. From LitHub, Eileen Myles in … Continue reading weekend reading
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