Procrastination Station #120
Friday, April 19th, 2013
A poem! By Kevin Cadwallender! At Bolts of Silk! A hat-trick of awesome!
I love Kim Addonizio, and this is SO the perfect book cover for her work!
I am so happy to see some of Stephen Nelson’s work over at Fit for Work — an anti-ATOS anthology you should, by the way, really check out.
Have you guys seen the Books and Nerds tumblr? Wall to wall bookish escapism!
The lovely, lovely Chris Scott (who once told me he’d “be the Testino to [my] Diana” if ever I become super famous, and I plan to hold him to it) recently took this brilliant, smiley photo of great poet and great bloke Andrew Philip. I really like it! Chris’ work is generally great. Check out his Author Portraits and his Flickr for more!
Life in Authoring, you totally get me through the day, SRSLY. I also just discovered Life in Publishing and Life in Small Press Publishing and now have so much less free time.
I’m always fascinated when Caustic Cover Critic points out how often the same images are recycled for book covers. Here’s a sad and elegant lady who seems to crop up awfully often…
…and speaking of covers, I just discovered Lousy Book Covers. Part of me feels super sad for the poor authors, but some of these really are lousy.
Is anyone else as into typewriters as me? If so, you should check out clickthing. It is basically typewriter p0rn.
I believe I have mentioned before that I LOVE DAVE COATES’ REVIEWS OF POETRY BOOKS. LOVE them. His review of The Great Billy Letford (as he should always be known) is an absolute cracker. But he’s at his best when bitchy: “poems to be printed on Cath Kidston merchandise.” DOES CRITICISM GET ANY HARSHER? A review to cackle gleefully at.
Apparently, “dear blank” is something EVERYONE has seen now, but it was new to me, and I loved it!
Two Beat Generation tattoos! Ginsberg and Kerouac! I approve! Also, I have been crushing on thigh tattoos lately and love these.
To be serious for a moment: you should probably read more bell hooks.
How much do you wish you’d been at this party?
Adverts are often better “edited” — some great examples here!
I can has one of these?
It wouldn’t be Friday without CAT GIFS!
Have a great weekend!
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