Waterproof book of short stories! I can’t say I’d ever read David Foster Wallace in the shower before. There’s a first time for everything.
We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulgar gaze, it is better to let them wear out by being read.
Jules Verne, born on this day in 1828
Seattle Central Library
(by J.Sod)
Book Shark
- The New York Times offers an eclectic list of books to read, ranging from an autobiographical pop culture read to a serious history of digital computers.
- NPR did something interesting with their summer reading list. They had indie booksellers make the picks.
- USA Today goes interactive with their picks.
- The Wall Street Journal put out a well-chosen summer reading list.
- USA Today goes interactive with their picks.
- Entertainment Weekly had perennial best seller Jennifer Wiener pick the list.
- Huffington Post suggested summer books for kids.
- The Chicago Tribune offers thrillers for standing in line at Six Flags Great America .
- The Birmingham News went literary.
Last summer my eyes were bigger than my tote bag and it took me the rest of the seasons to get through my own list. These will definitely help when I have to pick-and-choose.
(Source: peterwknox)
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Bookyard is an outdoor library built by artist Massimo Bartolini for the Belgian TRACK art festival.
About the project:
For TRACK, Bartolini [built] an open-air library in the vineyard at St Peter’s Abbey, an oasis of greenery and tranquillity in the centre of Ghent. This vineyard originated in the Middle Ages and Ghent’s Guild of Wine-Measurers breathed new life into it in the 1970s. Visitors can borrow, buy or exchange secondhand books here in the symbolic shadow of the Book Tower. Bartolini installs the bookcases in line with the vines, leaning against and parallel to the slope of the garden. According to Bartolini, books too can broaden the mind, just like good wine.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m541irSude1r1w416o1_1280.jpg)
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Bookyard is an outdoor library built by artist Massimo Bartolini for the Belgian TRACK art festival.
About the project:
For TRACK, Bartolini [built] an open-air library in the vineyard at St Peter’s Abbey, an oasis of greenery and tranquillity in the centre of Ghent. This vineyard originated in the Middle Ages and Ghent’s Guild of Wine-Measurers breathed new life into it in the 1970s. Visitors can borrow, buy or exchange secondhand books here in the symbolic shadow of the Book Tower. Bartolini installs the bookcases in line with the vines, leaning against and parallel to the slope of the garden. According to Bartolini, books too can broaden the mind, just like good wine.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m541irSude1r1w416o2_1280.jpg)
![staceythinx:
Bookyard is an outdoor library built by artist Massimo Bartolini for the Belgian TRACK art festival.
About the project:
For TRACK, Bartolini [built] an open-air library in the vineyard at St Peter’s Abbey, an oasis of greenery and tranquillity in the centre of Ghent. This vineyard originated in the Middle Ages and Ghent’s Guild of Wine-Measurers breathed new life into it in the 1970s. Visitors can borrow, buy or exchange secondhand books here in the symbolic shadow of the Book Tower. Bartolini installs the bookcases in line with the vines, leaning against and parallel to the slope of the garden. According to Bartolini, books too can broaden the mind, just like good wine.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m541irSude1r1w416o3_r1_1280.jpg)
![staceythinx:
Bookyard is an outdoor library built by artist Massimo Bartolini for the Belgian TRACK art festival.
About the project:
For TRACK, Bartolini [built] an open-air library in the vineyard at St Peter’s Abbey, an oasis of greenery and tranquillity in the centre of Ghent. This vineyard originated in the Middle Ages and Ghent’s Guild of Wine-Measurers breathed new life into it in the 1970s. Visitors can borrow, buy or exchange secondhand books here in the symbolic shadow of the Book Tower. Bartolini installs the bookcases in line with the vines, leaning against and parallel to the slope of the garden. According to Bartolini, books too can broaden the mind, just like good wine.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m541irSude1r1w416o4_1280.jpg)
Bookyard is an outdoor library built by artist Massimo Bartolini for the Belgian TRACK art festival.
About the project:
For TRACK, Bartolini [built] an open-air library in the vineyard at St Peter’s Abbey, an oasis of greenery and tranquillity in the centre of Ghent. This vineyard originated in the Middle Ages and Ghent’s Guild of Wine-Measurers breathed new life into it in the 1970s. Visitors can borrow, buy or exchange secondhand books here in the symbolic shadow of the Book Tower. Bartolini installs the bookcases in line with the vines, leaning against and parallel to the slope of the garden. According to Bartolini, books too can broaden the mind, just like good wine.
From our friends at PEN West.
(via A Reading of Danny Sugerman’s Classic Rock Memoir | PEN Center USA)
I know this sounds contradictory and counterintuitive, but the less time people have for reading, the more likely that they’re going to read something that holds them for a longer period of time.
Junot Diaz
(Source: publishersweekly.com)
“Summer is a season when people get hyper-social — with barbecues and neighborhood fairs, graduations and pool parties. In short, it’s an especially trying time for those of us who’d rather stay indoors and read a book. My early summer reading list, therefore, takes the form of a loner’s survival guide.” — from Maureen Corrigan’s summer reading guide for loners
“Undercover Readers” by Les Bryant 2009 (by lesbryant2)
Herta Müller and Claire Messud in Conversation
May 4, 2012 | 92nd Street Y Unterberg Poetry Center | New York City
In her first New York appearance in over a decade, after a reading from her forthcoming novel The Hunger Angel, Herta Müller is interviewed by another literary titan, Claire Messud. This event took place as part of the 2012 PEN World Voices Festival.
PHOTO GALLERY | View the photo gallery on Flickr
