Title: The Minutes Went By On Tip Toe... (2010) by Ben Newman
Ben’s Favourite Raymond Chandler Simile
30th December 2011
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cormac mccarthy’s first television interview ever, with Oprah, June 2008. among other things he explains the 2 moments that lead to him writing the road.
there are 3 writers that I have book crushes on even though I haven’t read them: Charles Bukowski, Sheila Heti, & Jorges Luis Borges. I’ve read around them. I know bits about them. But I’m somewhere between saving them and a little afraid to read them in case they’re not all I’ve hoped. But they will be. So I’m slowly working my way through the list. 1 down, 2 to go.
Watch this movie about JLB. he’s super. In fact, imma go to BMV today. Target titles: the Labyrinth & Imaginary Beings.
Similarly, there’s an excellent Bukowski movie called Born Into This. It’s on netflix if you’ve got it.
A friend of mine recently illustrated and published a children’s book with her dad. This is her lovely book trailer for the book, Beto’s Burrito.
Shhh by Erin Kelly - Between the slight twang in the author’s voice to the absolute sweetness of the story, it’s a great listen.
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“My schedule for today lists a six-hour self-accusatory depression.” – Philip K. Dick
New York Times columnist David Brooks shares insights on human flourishing from The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement at Authors@Google
It’s at the 1:40 mark where they really get me:
“Liv-in like a bug ain’y easy…
I got little tiny bug feet
& I don’t really know what bugs eat”
Zadie got a start on a Kafka musical in 2004? This is something the world needs now! (“Kafka: Turn off the Light?”)
So, Zadie Smith is writing a Kafka musical, but let us not forget: Home Movies did it first! Think Zadie’s seen it?
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azspot: William Gibson says the future is right here, right now
“In the 1960s I think that in some sense the present was actually about three or four years long,” he said, “because in three or four years relatively little would change.”
That stood in sharp contrast to late 2010, he said,…
There’s also a video interview with Updike
Fascinating, in depth article in the NY Times about John Updike’s meticulously curated personal archive. Rough drafts, insights into craft and technique, manifestos and declarations, legacy tending, and gossip abound… all of which adds to and underscores the utter giant-ness of the man and his work. Full article here.
