Hyperlinks From Around The Interwebs
A semi-regular roundup of stuff we like from the internets and youtubes:
-Dolly Freed has been blogging for Powells this week. If you ever wanted to know how to prepare that bird that kamikazeed into your window, now’s your chance.
-Poet Heather Christie is doing a live reading/Q&A tonight at htmlgiant. She won me over last time [...]
The Rumpus: One Year Later
In the last year, two literary websites have fought their way onto that “top sites” screen that pops up when I open a new window in Safari–The Rumpus and HTMLGIANT. Both have fantastic original content, links I’m generally thankful I’ve clicked on, worthwhile discussions in the comments threads, and a fierce devotion to independent literature. [...]
Dolly Freed, Blogger
Dolly Freed–who you might have seen here, or here, or here, or here–hadn’t been heard from for awhile (for the whole story, check out Paige Williams’ piece, “Finding Dolly Freed“). All that has changed. Dolly’s been kind enough to give up her dial-up connection and has begun blogging at her new website. I’ve included her [...]
Oprah and Vice, Respectively
What do these two magazines have in common? So far as I can tell…Nothing. Well, almost nothing. While their editorial positions on merkins may differ, they’re both enthusiastic about Dolly Freed’s Possum Living:
The Vice Interview
The O Magazine Review
Paige Williams’ “Radiohead-style” Journalism
When writer Paige Williams wrote a feature on Dolly Freed, author of the cult classic Possum Living: How to Live Well Without a Job and With (almost) No Money, she agreed (as we did when she agreed to let us re-issue the book) not to reveal the writer’s real name. In the book, Dolly encourages [...]
Lost & Found: David Carradine’s Endless Highway
The Winter issue of Tin House is probably, by now, on the coffee table of your smartest and most cultured friend. I suggest you invite yourself over, request a hot toddy, and spend the evening in front of their fire reading the new Ben Marcus story, poetry from Michael Dickman and Dorianne Laux, and Heather [...]
