NPR takes note of the Wordsmiths situation. The plan draws predictable ire from an economist. And yes, they talk to us.
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In his recent TEV guest review of Home Land, Jim Ruland called Sam Lipsyte the "funniest writer of his generation," and we're quite inclined to agree. We tore through Home Land in two joyful sittings and can't remember the last time we've laughed so hard. Lipsyte's constellation of oddly sympathetic losers is rendered with a sparkling, inspired prose style that's sent us off in search of all his prior work. In Lewis Miner's (a.k.a Teabag) woeful epistolary dispatches to his high school alumni newsletter ("I did not pan out."), we find an anti-hero for the age. Highly, highly recommended.
I hope they make it- I saw mighty sad when Cody's (Berkeley) closed their doors for good.
Posted by: lisa_emily | August 12, 2008 at 05:09 PM
was- not saw...damn dyslexia
Posted by: lisa_emily | August 12, 2008 at 05:15 PM
I heard the Wordsmith segment on NPR and it led me to this blog. I hope Wordsmith makes it.
Posted by: Beth | August 12, 2008 at 07:12 PM
I was kind of surprised to discover I was reading at a "fundraiser." But Wordsmiths is a good bookstore staffed with extremely nice people and I do want them to stay in business, of course. I also want to let everyone know that I'm reading at Atlanta's Highland Inn the night before. That's an event for A Cappella Books, ten minutes up the road from Wordsmiths. They need to stay in business, too! But they are calling it a "book signing." In my ideal world, you will come give your book money to A Cappella on Thursday night, and your fundraiser money to Wordsmiths on Friday night. Of course, in the real world, I usually get an audience of two people, so perhaps the matter is moot.
Posted by: Jack Pendarvis | August 13, 2008 at 07:45 AM
I heard the NPR piece, too, and I really liked what you said, Mark. Since then, I've been thinking about your idea, that we might see the book business as in a different, less rational category. Kind of like health care. What a relief to hear someone voice ideas like that.
Posted by: Susan Messer | August 14, 2008 at 11:40 AM
I can't tell you how much I appreciated NPR's words, and yours, Mark.
Posted by: Russ Marshalek | August 14, 2008 at 02:37 PM