Teleportal Starlog

"You know, when you’re making a sandwich for yourself you don’t think about loneliness so much. But..."

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:56:45 -0600

“You know, when you’re making a sandwich for yourself you don’t think about loneliness so much. But when you cook spaghetti, it’s different”

- SpaghetMurakami, a Twitter feed specializing in Haruki Murakami quotes about spaghetti. It had to be done.

Would you save DFW manuscripts from the Blanton?

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:25:44 -0600

Would you save DFW manuscripts from the Blanton?:

Run into a fire to save books. Don’t be afraid.

Write like a volcano.

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:59:07 -0600

Literature Map

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:39:54 -0600

Literature Map:

Not sure how it works, but it works. Type in an author you like, discover simliar authors.

Melville House Redesign

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:59:02 -0500

Melville House Redesign:

Give a look. So clean. Buy a book.

"Interviewer: How much rewriting do you do? Hemingway: It depends. I rewrote the ending of Farewell..."

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:28:45 -0500

“

Interviewer: How much rewriting do you do?

Hemingway: It depends. I rewrote the ending of Farewell to Arms, the last page of it, 39 times before I was satisfied.

Interviewer: Was there some technical problem there? What was it that had stumped you?

Hemingway: Getting the words right.

”

- From the Paris Review interviews, 1958, http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4825/the-art-of-fiction-no-21-ernest-hemingway

Scotus Defines Personhood

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:27:00 -0500

Scotus Defines Personhood:

A flash fiction satire. Not satirical enough.

shessuchaliar: Best ad EVER. (The beret…)

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:07:47 -0500

shessuchaliar:

Best ad EVER. (The beret…)

Ugly Duckling Presse Chapbooks Online

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:18:00 -0500

Ugly Duckling Presse Chapbooks Online:

Ugly Duckling Presse is putting many of chapbooks they’ve published over the last few years online. Peruse at your leisure, because now they’re available forever. My chapbooks always seem to fall behind dressers and desks.

The Occupy Wall Street Journal

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:23:52 -0500

The Occupy Wall Street Journal:

DIY journalism at its finest. Make your own damn news.

Franzen and Grossman in Austin

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:53:00 -0500

Franzen and Grossman in Austin:

Because, let’s face it, these dudes can write. Jonathan Franzen and Lev Grossman (author of The Magician and The Magician King) hold court at the Bass Concert Hall on October 14th. You’d do well to attend.

Books Becoming, Bursting

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:18:10 -0500

Books Becoming, Bursting:

Lisa Occhipinti uses books better than we do. There is more if you click.

Choose the right science fiction or fantasy novel for YOU. From...

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:03:01 -0500

Choose the right science fiction or fantasy novel for YOU. From the good people at SFSignal.

An iPad App to Touch, by Chris Ware

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:23:00 -0500

An iPad App to Touch, by Chris Ware:

You recognize that style. McSweeney’s says: “Chris Ware attempts to address how, in some relationships, the act of touching seems to shift over time from that of affection to aggression.”

Olafur Eliasson’s Your House is a wordless tour of his...

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:09:08 -0500

Olafur Eliasson’s Your House is a wordless tour of his house in book form.

Contemporary Writers Write About the Earthquake; You Read (and Donate)

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:05:30 -0500

Contemporary Writers Write About the Earthquake; You Read (and Donate):

All free and translated, bookmark this site to keep yourself aware of these stories as they tumble out. Contemporary Japanese writers (there are some besides Murakami, it’s true) write about this year’s earthquake. Do some donating too, maybe.

Everyone Writes: Wisconsinites Speak Together

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:16:08 -0500

Everyone Writes: Wisconsinites Speak Together:

A review of We Are Wisconsin, an anthology of Wisconsinites’ responses (blogs, tweets, articles, etc.) during the protests earlier this year and last. We are all of us writers.

I’m going to try writing like this.

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:29:47 -0500

I’m going to try writing like this.

UT's Ransom Center Just Won't Stop

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:44:00 -0500

UT's Ransom Center Just Won't Stop:

“In the early 1920’s, noteworthy visitors to Frank Shay’s bookshop at 4 Christopher Street began autographing the narrow door that opened onto the shop’s office. Signed by 242 artists, writers, publishers, and other notable habitues of Greenwich Village, this unusual artifact is now housed at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin.”

Links between the signers, their work, their lives. This is a good door to open.

Reading Rainbow, the Next Generation, and No We're Not Talking About Teleportal

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:28:33 -0500

Reading Rainbow, the Next Generation, and No We're Not Talking About Teleportal:

LeVar Burton is back and I don’t mean streaming on Star Trek on my Netflix! Dude’s coming out with an iPad application based on Reading Rainbow; now doesn’t that make all sorts of sense, right?