Month: December 2008
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2009
Despite whatever anyone says, you are going to be wonderful. In the literal sense of the word. No justification or reasons are necessary. Just know it.
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Books in recession
Reading this article in the NYT about the woes of the book publishing industry not being able to make as much money off of their product due to the rise of online used booksellers seems very similar to what happened in the music industry when Napster arrived and people started sharing music instead of buying…
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On Reading
I spent today on a date with my laptop that lasted hours and hours, ranging from the home writing room, living room, bedroom, to the coffee shop and a restaurant downtown, then back again. Reading stories for Interfictions 2.0 is what I’ve been doing, really. It’s a really pleasurable yet difficult task. There are all…
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Home again
Finally. Farewell, NYC, for now! The reading at KGB was lovely, the interview on Hour of the Wolf, always a pleasure, the karaoke a blast, the food always wonderful, the Daniel Radcliffe in Equus, interesting and riveting in an old-fashioned psychodrama sort of way (great set, for sure, and great horses). And Happy Holidays to…
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Snowbound
I was supposed to fly out of Newark, New Jersey this morning. If you haven’t been paying attention to weather reports, the northeast is having a blizzardy time of it. I got to the airport via train from Penn Station in NYC and made it all the way up to the check-in counter, plugging in…
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Renaming
New York City is often referred to as the city that never sleeps. This is a radical misnomer. A more apt name for New York City, at least where I’m staying, on the corner of Bleecker and MacDougal, a hot spot for young twenty-somethings out for a weekend of carousing, is the city that never…
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NY Report
Am having a wonderful time in NYC. Just got back from an early morning radio show at WBAI and am going to crash for part of the morning. Later tonight, I’m going to see Daniel Radcliffe in Equus. Yes, that’s right, Harry Potter himself. The play is from the 70s, and I’ve never seen nor…