Ward Sutton, author of the must read political cartoon series Sutton Impact, reviews Philip Roth's latest novel, Indignation, at the Village Voice. The review consists of a 9 image slideshow in cartoon format.What a fantastic concept and one that begs to be developed. This format presents a tremendous opportunity to engage the younger generation, the ones most at risk of living a book less life, in the biblio-universe.Thanks to Scott Esposito at Conversational Reading for the lead.
Sacramento Book Fair
On the West Coast, 'tis the season of book fairs, what with Santa Monica two weekends ago, Seattle a few weeks from now, and Sacramento this Saturday. I'll be exhibiting at Sacramento and hope any Book Patrol readers I know will stop by to say "hi" or to introduce themselves.
The Ukulele Books of Peter and Donna Thomas
Ukulele Series Book #2: The Ukulele Accordion. 1996 Text is Little Grass Shack, handwritten and illustrated ukulele shaped paper cut in paper doll style. Leather bound cover with leather onlay picture in sound hole."I love to make books and I love to play the ukulele. Can I put these two loves together? Can I make a book out of a uke?" After Donna and I made the first one, I thought, "How many more can we make? Each one will have to represent a different book structure, format or concept and each will still have to play...." Well, to date...
New Yorker: David Foster Wallace Homage?
Hard to tell if this is coincidence, but intentional or not, I can't help but read this week's New Yorker Caption Contest (image above) as slyly alluding to the sadly-departed David Foster Wallace by way of the title essay from his last non-fiction collection:And on a related note, the Wallace fan-site Howling Fantods recently held a DFW Motivational Poster Competition which included this gem, now somehow tinged heavily with a deep sense of pathos for me:If you're unfamiliar with Wallace and are perhaps wondering what all the fuss has been about these past few days, you could do worse than...
Sarah Palin – Time to Tell Us About Your Reading Life
As the evidence mounts, Palin and Company continue their steadfast denial of her involvement in any book banning activities during her tenure as mayor.The New York Times reports that although "witnesses and contemporary news accounts say Ms. Palin asked the librarian about removing books from the shelves. The McCain-Palin presidential campaign says Ms. Palin never advocated censorship."The story goes on:But in 1995, Ms. Palin, then a city councilwoman, told colleagues that she had noticed the book “Daddy’s Roommate” on the shelves and that it did not belong there, according to Ms. Chase [Laura Chase, the campaign manager during Ms. Palin’s...