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Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Victory Through Insomnia

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So the Million Dollar Book Club chose J Dilla as our current subject - specifically, DILLA TIME by Dan Charnas. Hey! Before I go on with t...
Tuesday, December 30, 2025

"Blog"trospective 19: Adventure Time

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Remember how I kept bragging about quitting social media ? I guess it was a damn lie, because I briefly got on "Tumblr," as I ca...
Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Fork News

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I am sure you recall my favorite fork, Forky. Let's stop right there! I am aware that TOY STORY 4 had a character named Forky in it, th...
Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Judgment of the Flying Head

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I know what you're wondering... did THE LOST STEPS by Alejo Carpentier have an owl in it? Let's look at the facts! No need getting...
Sunday, December 21, 2025

Sweet Memory of Boredom

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So Dr. Theresa and I had somewhere to go this morning, and I was getting dressed, going through my t-shirt drawer, and I suddenly remembere...
Friday, December 19, 2025

I'm Like Ladyhawke

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Above, that's Adam Muto's tribute to my beloved characters Frowny 'n' Smiley! But more of that anon. First! I know you are...
Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Bitter Thoughts

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Well, the Million Dollar Book Club has been debating whether to read about J Dilla or Schubert next. In the midst of discussions, it occur...
Tuesday, December 16, 2025

A Word of Diminutive Form

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Y'all are going to go crazy from excitement when I tell you about this! So, remember the other day when I was remembering reading "...
Sunday, December 14, 2025

Only Vaguely Related

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Well! You remember how I used to think I could read only one book at a time , and then something happened to me and I started shoving sever...
Saturday, December 13, 2025

Oedipus Merch Table

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Well, Megan and I had been talking about OEDIPUS a lot because what else were we going to talk about? And then she went to see a big produ...
Thursday, December 11, 2025

Green Means Go

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Hey! You know how THE ELEPHANT , a special I worked on with Kent Osborne , Rebecca Sugar , Ian Jones-Quartey, Patrick McHale , Pendleton Wa...
Sunday, December 07, 2025

More Book Junk: Giggleswick Edition

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I've been thinking about how one book always makes you read another book. I've been thinking about it for so long that I entered th...
Monday, December 01, 2025

Book Junk

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In the New York Times they are always grilling people like "What books are on your bedside table?" I have a stack of books on the...
Sunday, November 30, 2025

Don't Flip Out

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Hey, remember when I was reading, oh, let's call it a semi-experimental fragmentary "literary novel" and at the same time I wa...
Saturday, November 29, 2025

It's Okay When I Say It

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Another advantage of having the hardcover edition of a book you first read in manuscript form is that you can check out the "Acknowled...
Friday, November 28, 2025

Everybody Wants to Read the Book

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Hey! I'll be interviewing Ace Atkins about his brand new action-packed novel EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD at Off Square Books on ...
Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Marvelous McNeil's Mad Martian Movie Musings

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Anyway, McNeil wrote to say he recently watched the brand new UFO documentary that, I assume, has the very nation abuzz. I said oh, should...
Monday, November 24, 2025

Everything Is a Screen

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"The appearance of a very small owl ?" I don't even feel like telling you why that is phrased as a question in a Lydia Davis ...
Friday, November 21, 2025

The Lonely Pelican

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You know how I have books just thrown strategically all around the house so I can pick them up wherever I am and fill my noggin with the in...
Sunday, November 16, 2025

Bowling Alleys

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In the same passage from her diary of the year 1616 , Anne Clifford reflects on how her husband is hanging out in bowling alleys while she...
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