January 2011
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Tumblr Romance Club: Romance novels on Jezebel →
zoearcher:
I’ve been thinking about writing a post for Jezebel.com about romance novels and romance novel publishing. Is there some aspect of romance novels that Jez readers, would be most interested in learning about? Myths debunked (or bunked)? Insider info you’ve been longing to know?…
Oooh. Well, for the record, I think those racy-covered books have their own value, but then...
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"when a beer garden was proposed for the top of... →
Interesting article on the Croton Reservoir, though that last paragraph had me wondering how awesome it would be to still be working on 42nd Street; liquid lunch at the beer garden!
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Brooklyn's bookmongers make good →
housingworksbookstore:
BookCourt’s Adam Wilson, who sold his debut novel, “Flatscreen,” to Harper Perennial last week, is the latest of the borough’s independent booksellers to cut a deal for his work.
Emma Straub, a colleague at the Cobble Hill store, will release her collection, “Other People We Married,” next month. Jami Attenberg, of Greenpoint’s Word, has her third book out in paperback...
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romanceclub:
morninggloria:
I don’t read romance novels because graphic depictions of sex that I am not having makes me uncomfortable/jealous. This is also why I don’t watch porn. I’d rather just have myself some of that there sex.
Real sex may be awesome, but romance novels are always here for you, baby. And they’ll always get it up.
The Katie Holmes Smile
jamesvandermemes:
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*dies*
an extreme way to not leave manhattan
citizenkerry:
New Yorkers are mostly awesome, but—and I say this with love—they can be severely delusional about themselves. Primarily when it comes to just how tolerant they are. For some reason, it is socially acceptable in this city to make fun of/be snobby about certain groups, such as:
1) People from New Jersey 2) Right wingers 3) People who live in Manhattan and don’t leave it/don’t know...
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Lazy Self-Indulgent Book Reviews: Beloved, Toni... →
lazybookreviews:
So, the thing of it is, I avoided it for ages, because I have a complex about reading books about Historically Sad Things, because I’m all “it’s cheating if I’m ALREADY SAD when I start the book, because of, like, the Holocaust, or, you know, Rwanda, or something.”
(I’m not saying I’m an awesome…
Cosign. Also, auto-Toni Morrison reblog (I wrote my thesis on Morrison)....
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CABBAGE PATCH
jamesvandermemes:
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NYC-related anniversaries in 2011 →
Among others, this includes the imposition of The Grid over Manhattan (or “The Commissioner’s Plan of 1811”); BAM’s 150th; NYPL’s 100th; and the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
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Literary Map of Brooklyn →
