by Ruby on October 6, 2010
Those of you who have been following the blog for a while know lots about Edan Lepucki, author, millions contributor, and our previous blogger Patrick’s wife. Exciting news for her (and us): her first book has been published! If You’re Not Yet Like Me is in its very limited first run, so if you want [...]
by Patrick on January 14, 2010
Yes, another link post. You know you love them anyway. WARNING: SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION! Edan Lepucki writes about purging her (our) book collection at The Millions. “I also felt strongly that our books revealed to visitors our values and our identities; the fact that we were swimming in them emphasized their importance in our lives. The [...]
by Patrick on November 25, 2009
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, a day we all gather to celebrate the core American values that Sarah Palin is always talking about: football, turkey and napping in the afternoon. I will be preparing a Maple Pecan Pie (with bourbon!) from the most ambitious cookbook I own, the difficult but rewarding Tartine. It should be fun (eating [...]
by Patrick on June 2, 2009
There are a couple of really great things on the internet this fair Tuesday. I wish I could link to them all, but you know, I’m not Google. Edan has written a really lovely post at The Millions about giving books as gifts, reading in public and how both of these things might change in [...]
by Patrick on May 25, 2009
Except, apparently, this particular Monday. It was like the day after Zombie apocalypse today on the Metro. Anyway, I am working. Lucky for you, right? Otherwise, how would you know about these fine links. Via Boing Boing: A student runs a lending library of banned books out of her locker. It’s so popular, she has [...]
by Patrick on April 3, 2009
It’s National Poetry Month again, and as such, I’ll be keeping an eye out for any extra great poetry posts out there. Email me if you think you’ve found one. Here’s my random poetry-related thought of the day: Could Twitter reinvigorate poetry and help bring it back into the mainstream? We’ve seen people writing “Twitter [...]