Bought more bookshelves
It will be my 8th Ikea Billy bookshelf. I also have a couple of other, less branded, made out of real wood bookshelves. An Ikea Billy bookshelf holds 120 books…
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10 favorite books of 2009
The LA Times list of favorite books of 2009 is now online, a total of 50 books in two parts, fiction/poetry and nonfiction. It’s a master list that is compiled…
PEN tonight
Heading to the PEN USA West awards tonight at the Beverly Hills Hotel. In my many years in LA, I’ve never before been to the pink icon of Beverly Hillsiness….
We wear glasses, read books and like cats.
That’s my mom at age 13 in 1955. The name of the cat is long forgotten.
Sarah Palin’s book is not a book
I know it comes between covers and is sold in bookstores. But it’s not a book, it’s a celebrity media push. Maybe it’s a campaign advertisement. Maybe it’s a talk…
downloading Kindle for iPhone
Now I just need to find a couple of ebooks and take the thing out for a spin.
how I ended up getting my name in the New Yorker
I took a picture of artwork based on the writing of David Foster Wallace (it’s the 3rd slide). I didn’t know Wallace; I just happened to be near the artwork…
what is punk?
Cecil Castellucci’s book Beige is coming out in paperback, and to celebrate she’s asked a bunch of people to giver her punk music lists. Mine is personal, rather than definitive…
