Ray Raphael’s new book Constitutional Myths is about how average folks, scholars, and Supreme Court justices misunderstand the Constitution as a result of incomplete or selective knowledge of its origins and the beliefs of those responsible for its creation. Continue reading
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BOOK ‘EM: CONSTITUTIONAL MYTHS BY RAY RAPHAEL
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REVIEW: THE KICKSTARTER LETTERS BY DAVID DAVID KATZMAN
Last year David David Katzman released his second novel, the psychedelic fairytale A Greater Monster, and he did so with a highly successful Kickstarter campaign. Part of the reward system for funding A Greater Monster was that Katzman would write each contributor a stream of consciousness letter inspired by that person’s name or a story suggestion from them. Katzman has now taken the best 65 of these letters and packaged them together along with some weird and whimsical artwork from illustrator Mike Wilgus into one gorgeous and utterly unique work he calls The Kickstarter Letters.
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END PAGE: BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER BY KATE CASTELLI
“I’m far more interested in the little picture than I am in the big picture.” Continue reading
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NOW SPINNING: JP’S DEEP THOUGHTS
A vinyl bazaar for the bizarre
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ADAPTATION NATION: DAREDEVIL
Giving new meaning to the term handicap-able Continue reading
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REVIEW: THE STUD BOOK BY MONICA DRAKE
Monica Drake’s first novel, Clown Girl, has been optioned for film by Kristen Wiig. When that flick gets made even your long dead grandmother will know who Monica Drake is.
And who she is, as evidenced by her new novel The Stud Book, is an author who knows how to craft a sharp satire that’s riddled with unexpectedly poignant moments. Continue reading
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DIG THIS: KATE CASTELLI @ FOURTH WALL PROJECT
Don’t worry, we won’t tell them the truth. The dirty, dirty truth. Continue reading
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BOOK ‘EM: WHAT’S WRONG WITH HOMOSEXUALITY? BY JOHN CORVINO
Professor John Corvino drives home the point—seemingly untenable to some—that homosexual and heterosexual relationships are (for better and worse, for richer or poorer, and in sickness and in health) not that different from each other. Continue reading
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ARTS PICK: JAMAICA KINCAID @ HARVARD BOOK STORE
Seriously, like, one of the first lines is the husband referring to his wife as “that horrible bitch who’d arrived on a banana boat.” Continue reading
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FREELANCE LADY: SUCK IT, WRITER’S BLOCK: THE FIVE BEST WRITING GUIDES
The Beatles once said, “I get by with a little help from my friends.” That may be true if you’re tripping on acid, but writing is a solitary sport. Continue reading
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CALLING ALL BIBLIOPHILES: LOREM IPSUM BOOKS FUNDRAISER
Where else are you going to get used copies of famous literature to keep in your apartment to impress people? Continue reading
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