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Farewell, Shaman Drum
Sad news that the Shaman Drum bookstore in Ann Arbor is going to close on June 30. I used to skulk around the store when it was upstairs from the (also now-vanished) Continental Diner, which was next to the original location of Borders. Wish I was going to get back to Ann Arbor before it…
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If You’re Patient, Someone Will Say It for You
I was trying to figure out what to think about Bruce Sterling’s recent “Eighteen Challenges in Contemporary Literature,” and then Mark Sarvas came along with this: Wired’s Bruce Sterling offers a list of Eighteen Challenges in Contemporary Literature, some of which are sensible, others of which – like this one – are, well … Step…
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Two Videos of Unexpected Virtuosity
A young Japanese girl displays her talents on the organ, playing “YYZ” and “Carry On, My Wayward Son.” This is genuinely amazing.
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Teachers of Creative Writing Get Introspective, Again
At American Book Review, a number of teacher/writers including Lance Olsen and Steve Tomasula consider the profession; in the New Yorker, Louis Menand meditates on the profession by way of reviewing Mark McGurl’s The Program Era.
Crooked House Fictions 