Today’s quick lit [& alt.cult] links from around the web:
Paul Auster on why Philip Roth is wrong about the novel dying (via @RhysTranter)
& “I don’t know why I write. If I knew the answer, I probably wouldn’t have to. But it is a compulsion. You don’t choose it, it chooses you. And I wouldn’t recommend it to anybody.” The Rumpus interview Paul Auster
& How the Velvet Revolution overturned the literary landscape (via @Book2Book)
& Prison-yard & pool-hall blues, Steve Finbow on Don Carpenter’s Hard Rain Falling
& Charles Bukowski, William Burroughs & the computer (via @RhysTranter)
& William S Burroughs Self-portrait, 1981 (via @roundmyskull)
& Art Spiegelman, Tijuana comics & the roots of Raw
& Astro Boy, the Japanese superhero whose backside fires bullets
& SUCCEED, a collection of the world’s most epic, awesome, mind blowing Succeeds (via @darraghdoyle)
& Our Man in Boston, the very excellent Robert Birnbaum’s book blog
& A new David Bowie biography (via @bookdepository)
& “The effect these instant-gratification systems have on our daily life as consumptive animals is one where the hunter stays home and gets fat so the punk-rock hordes can roll him/her over and make way for killer rock ‘n’ roll.” Carrie Brownstein interviews Thurston Moore (via Vol. 1 Brooklyn)
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First posted: Tuesday, November 17th, 2009.
