A review of Goodreads’ new book recommendations algorithm.
TONIGHT IN NYC: Full Stop’s Tori Schacht in Discussion with Author Michael Crumney
Tonight, as part of the Upper North Side reading series at 92Y Tribeca, our own Tori Schacht will be moderating a discussion with Canadian author Michael Crumney.
The Federal Writers Project: The American Guide Series
Funded by the federal government and printed by the states themselves, The American Guide Series was a project of the FWP which chronicled, uniformly, the history and culture of all 48 states.
The Full Stop Doomsday Clock: Rise of the Machines
Following a recent New York Times article about computer generated journalism, the editorial staff at Full Stop has decided to a) advance by one minute the hand of the doomsday clock, and b) start freaking out.
Camus Can Do, But Sartre’s Smarter
Come one, come all atomized and isolated individuals! Try your hand at an Existentialist Quiz, courtesy of the NYC LitCrawl & Europa Editions!
The Secret History (of rereading The Secret History)
I don’t sell books, but I sell this one. So, I guess that’s what I’m getting down to here: read this book. Read it now, in the fall, especially if you’re one of the unlucky ones who didn’t attend a private liberal arts college in New England.
Happy 80th Birthday, George Jones!
Tonight, let’s grab a shot and a beer and blast George Jones and sing along and all get sad together.
Here at Reading A Book By Its Cover, we’re twisting our pearls and tapping our Louboutins in breathless anticipation of the English translation of Haruki Murakami‘s latest.
St. Mark’s Bookshop, stay, don’t go
NYC’s St. Mark’s Bookshop, the absolute oasis amidst the high schoolers, NYU freshman, crust-punks, and t-shirts that comprise the St. Mark’s scene, is having trouble paying its rent.
Revisiting the Federal Writers Project : A Full Stop Mobile
Wouldn’t that have been nice, if at fifteen after seven last night, President Obama said something really incredible, something that charged the imagination of the average unemployed American writer? Perchance to dream.