Category Archives: Books

Recent Darkness, Humor, Fiction

August 5, 2010 – 10:57 am

Been on a tear. Here’s the wheat of what’s been read and what seems to good to read.
How Did You Get This Number by Sloane Crosley
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
The Ask by Sam Lipsyte
Imperial Bedrooms by Bret Easton Ellis
Freedom by Jonathon Franzen
Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem
Fraud by David Rakoff

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More Books to Hug On

February 11, 2010 – 12:31 pm

I try to pick out my most recent favorite books every six months or so. Here are some.
The Best of Creative Nonfiction: Vol 3, edited by Lee Gutkind
Short, memoir-inspired essays about life. Check out “The Face of Seung-Hui Cho” by Wesley Yang, “An Insider’s Guide to Jailhouse Cuisine: Dining In” by Sean Rowe, [...]

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George Saunders on Writing Stories

June 26, 2009 – 4:17 pm

Here’s a little Friday wisdom on moving your stories along from one of my favorite writers, [George Saunders](http://www.saunderssaunderssaunders.com/). It’s from “The Perfect Gerbil,” a piece from his essay series [The Braindead Megaphone](http://kottke.org/07/09/the-braindead-megaphone).
I think this advice applies all kinds of story-telling–even writing for your website.

When I was a kid I had one of these [...]

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