November 2007

Christmas tree made of books by lz in Weblog on 28Nov2007

The books as art theme continues!...

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit by lz in Reading Archive on 21Nov2007

World War II veteran Tom Rath has killed 17 men. This is one of the most interesting things about himself that he considers putting into his one page autobiography the Broadcasting Corporation requests he submits as part of his job interview. He gets the job after blowing off the task,...

If You Want to Write by lz in Reading Archive on 16Nov2007

Enough with the books on writing already! This one, however, might be the end of the addiction for me. Brenda's kind words encourage you to just do it, just write wildly and freely, write from the heart about something you know, describe something, reveal the truth as you know it....

No one belongs here more than you by lz in Reading Archive on 14Nov2007

The weird quiet poignancy of Miranda July comes through in her first book of stories. I first stumbled onto the shakey wonder that is Ms. July in her film (written/directed/starred) Me And You And Everyone We Know, then to her marvelous website promoting the book. Her writing is clean, minimal,...

The Savage Detectives by lz in Reading on 11Nov2007

Best thing I've read in 2007. A book in 3 parts: Mexicans lost in Mexico (1975), The Savage Detectives (1976-1996), The Sonora Desert (1976). Juan Garcia Madero kicks us off with entries from his diary in Mexicans Lost in Mexico, from November 2 (invitation to join the visceral realists) through...
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