Archive for April, 2007


Phil LaMarche’s debut

Jerry Stahl braced for “your basic backwoods, teenage-accidental-shooting, hicks ‘n’ fascists saga,” but wound up breathless with admiration for American Youth.

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Bolaño incoming

Please read James Wood’s Roberto Bolaño appreciation, and then consult The Mumpsimus. A few highlights from the National Arts Club tribute are incoming.

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Stories and car repair at Bruce Motor Service

Six years after my mom’s dad helped start a garment cutters’ union, he’d left the clothing trade, been divorced from my grandmother and remarried, and founded Bruce Motor Service. This photo appeared in the May 16, 1947 issue of Shopping News, a weekly Oak Cliff circular masquerading as a newspaper. The caption paints Robert Bruce as a man who liked . . .

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Free advance NYTBR

Is everyone else aware that the NYU bookstore gives out free copies of the NYTBR the Tuesday before publication? (Many thanks to Shelley Ettinger for the news.)

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