Me, Me, Me, Eugene:
A few notes of self-centeredness:
- I was a guest on the fabulous Marketplace of Ideas radio program recently, in an episode on The Future of the Book along. The podcast is now available for download. If you’re into books, culture, ideas and the future of both, Marketplace of Ideas is the show for you.
- My good friend and colleague Kassia Krozser over at Booksquare has made two of my babblings the centerpiece of a post called "The Reading Problem." It’s subject: How we refuse to talk about how reading is an activity for enjoyment and not just personal betterment. My thoughts:
"Reading is an act of hedonistic joy."
and
"It’s time we make books seem like chocolate instead of broccoli."
Sometime I am quotable and sometimes I ain’t. I rarely think about what I’m going to say before I say it. So it’s awful nice when I hear it has make an impact on someone like Kassia and her readers.
- I’ve also got a review of The Virginia Quarterly Review up at The Magazineer. VQR is incredible. Highly recommended.
And with that, my girl and I are off to Eugene, Oregon for the weekend. I’ve never been. Her best friend lives there and, from everything I’ve heard it’s the Ann Arbor of the Pacific Northwest. So I’m quite excited for this journey.
Back on Tuesday. See you then.
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Two things. One, you should by all rights really enjoy Eugene — the last time I was there, I enjoyed it immensely. If you get a chance, head out to the ocean and try to find some of the amazing tidepools by the giant boulders. Starfish aplenty.
Two, I’m assuming you’ve read Michael Chabon’s brilliant essay on the wide variety of forms reading for pleasure can take? It’s in his new MAPS AND LEGENDS from McSweeney’s. Actually, all the essays in the book so far have been absolutely brilliant — I haven’t been able to shut up about it lately.
Two things. One, you should by all rights really enjoy Eugene — the last time I was there, I enjoyed it immensely. If you get a chance, head out to the ocean and try to find some of the amazing tidepools by the giant boulders. Starfish aplenty.
Two, I’m assuming you’ve read Michael Chabon’s brilliant essay on the wide variety of forms reading for pleasure can take? It’s in his new MAPS AND LEGENDS from McSweeney’s. Actually, all the essays in the book so far have been absolutely brilliant — I haven’t been able to shut up about it lately.