Los Angeles author J. Michael Walker responds to yesterday’s post with his own suggestion.
He says: “Going to Extremes by Joe McGinniss, around late 1980’s I suppose, would have to be a fairly irreplaceable book on outer Alaska, too.
“Parts of it —
swallowing whiskey? vodka? and stepping outside in sub-zero weather and freezing to death from [...]
Stories in Culture:
Exploring Alaska, part II
Suddenly interested in all things Alaska?
A reader at the NYT’s Paper Cuts blog shares this suggestion: “A wonderful book that features Alaska is Drop City by the incredible T.C. Boyle. A group of hippies from California move to a remote part of Alaska in 1970.”
Champion of Native American literature dies
The Los Angeles Times reports that Paula Gunn Allen, California author, poet, scholar and lauded advocate for American Indian literature, died in her Ft. Bragg home on May 29. She was 68. From her memorial website, an overview of her seminal works:
“For the last thirty years Allen was a foremost voice in Native American literature [...]
Paging the new American Idol
How cool that self-described “word nerd” rocker David Cook claimed the American Idol crown last night. Remember when Simon Cowell rolled his eyes and berated Cook back in February after the singer revealed that he enjoys crossword puzzles in between performances?
Last night the smart kid with a heart of gold pulled off the biggest upset [...]
Bukowski’s home gets landmark status
From Reuters: “The rundown Los Angeles bungalow where poet and author Charles Bukowski wrote his first novel was named a historic landmark by city leaders on Tuesday, saving it from demolition by developers looking to put up condominiums.” Read more.
[Thanks TEV]
Happy ?.;! to you
Somehow we missed it, but style maven Maj Harmon is always on top of festivities great and small. She advises that today is National Punctuation Day!
A new medium for storytelling
Spraypaint stencil tales on the streets of San Francisco.
In other breaking Steinbeck news
From today’s LA Times: “ST. PAUL, MINN. — “The Grapes of Wrath” has become, here in the frozen North, an opera. Many composers over the years have wanted to make the classic American 1939 novel into one, but the John Steinbeck estate and the author’s publisher always said no. The green light was finally [...]
Exploring Alaska, part II
Suddenly interested in all things Alaska?
A reader at the NYT’s Paper Cuts blog shares this suggestion: “A wonderful book that features Alaska is Drop City by the incredible T.C. Boyle. A group of hippies from California move to a remote part of Alaska in 1970.”
Champion of Native American literature dies
The Los Angeles Times reports that Paula Gunn Allen, California author, poet, scholar and lauded advocate for American Indian literature, died in her Ft. Bragg home on May 29. She was 68. From her memorial website, an overview of her seminal works:
“For the last thirty years Allen was a foremost voice in Native American literature [...]
Paging the new American Idol
How cool that self-described “word nerd” rocker David Cook claimed the American Idol crown last night. Remember when Simon Cowell rolled his eyes and berated Cook back in February after the singer revealed that he enjoys crossword puzzles in between performances?
Last night the smart kid with a heart of gold pulled off the biggest upset [...]
Bukowski’s home gets landmark status
From Reuters: “The rundown Los Angeles bungalow where poet and author Charles Bukowski wrote his first novel was named a historic landmark by city leaders on Tuesday, saving it from demolition by developers looking to put up condominiums.” Read more.
[Thanks TEV]
Happy ?.;! to you
Somehow we missed it, but style maven Maj Harmon is always on top of festivities great and small. She advises that today is National Punctuation Day!
A new medium for storytelling
Spraypaint stencil tales on the streets of San Francisco.
In other breaking Steinbeck news
From today’s LA Times: “ST. PAUL, MINN. — “The Grapes of Wrath” has become, here in the frozen North, an opera. Many composers over the years have wanted to make the classic American 1939 novel into one, but the John Steinbeck estate and the author’s publisher always said no. The green light was finally [...]
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