Florida State hosts an entirely calm talk by Barry Hannah, who hurled a knife mid-lecture when he visited the school in ’80s (and that was ony the beginning). (via)
I’ll be taking the time to read Josh Ferris on Delillo’s White Noise (part 1, part 2) after the holiday, when, for school, I’ll be writing a paper on the MLA book Approaches to Teaching White Noise. Which I imagine will make me cranky; stay tuned.
Cecil Castellucci went to NYC and immediately hit the Russian Tea Room. I worked in the building next door for a year but it was closed for refurbing and I never went. Maybe someday.
The trailer for Jamie Attenberg’s The Kept Man is pretty outta site. The book’ll be out in January.
I had an algebra teacher who hurled chalk at students when they weren’t paying attention, but the knife throwing is, well, sad and demented (and not very social). Nice post.
Jon