Today’s quick lit [& alt.cult] links from around the web:
The Rumpus interview Alasdair Gray
& “Chris [de Burgh] mocked my unfortunate surname and then reminded me in no uncertain terms of his wonderful career, house, wife, children, etc. And my lack of. I still cry myself to sleep when I remember his cruel words.” John Self interviews Simon Crump
& “Like reading a brilliant and innovative contemporary novel,” Sophie Calle at Whitechapel
& The demons that drove John Cheever
& Lairs of Cthulhu, Bookkake on the archaeology, myths & mysteries in the fiction of H.P. Lovecraft
& The Complete Review on Roberto Bolaño’s Monsieur Pain
& Authors to dust off “lost” literary classics for airing on R4
& Found Dorothy Parker poem reveals pain of rejection (via @MaudNewton)
& Tom McCarthy is at Everyday Genius
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First posted: Tuesday, October 20th, 2009.
