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[jfb]

Books I read recently, or have finally given up believing I will someday read. I may change my mind about giving up a few of these.

Molly Bang, Picture This. The illustrator explains "how pictures work". Excellent.
Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities. The classic book on American urbanism.
Larry McMurtry, The Last Picture Show. The classic book on Texas ruralism.
Julian Dibbell, My Tiny Life. The classic book on LambdaMOO.
John Berger, Photocopies. Very short stories.
Clem Fiori, The Vanishing New Jersey Landscape. Black-and-white nature photographs.
James Thurber, Credos and Curios. Late work.
Salman Rushdie, East, West. Stories.
Julian Barnes, A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters. Stories?
Al Burian, Burn Collector #12. Well-written zine about living in Chicago.
Kathleen Norris (ed.), Leaving New York: Writers Look Back. Anthology featuring Didion, Dylan, Fitzgerald, Wolfe, James, Kincaid, Capote, et al.
Rick Moody, The Black Veil. "A Memoir with Digressions" about, uh, a bad time in his life I guess.
McSweeney's #4. This is the one where the stories were bound separately, with cover art chosen by each author. Authors include Lethem, Moody, Murakami, Saunders, and Denis Johnson.

Comments

[greyaenigma.livejournal.com]

I think I'd like the McSweeney's.

It only just now occurs to me that I should have had you sign my copy of My Tiny Life or something. I don't need another copy, though.

[helloreplace.livejournal.com]

May I have Molly McBang, Larry McMurtry, John Berger and Ric Moody? I'll pay you for postage or do something nice back for you.

[jfb.livejournal.com]

Maybe, yes, yes, and yes. (Another friend has right of first refusal on the Molly Bang.)

[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

Oooh. Jacobs, Norris, Thurber, Fiori. (For those coming in after me, the only one I really really really really want is the Fiori.)

And... Oh, hell with it. I've never read it. I'll take the Dibbell, too.

[morganology.livejournal.com]

If Julian is willing--I'd love the Jacobs.

[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

Sure, go ahead. (Though this now makes me realize I need to go buy it. Yay for crystalizing realizations.)

Rats again

[(Anonymous)]

Julian beat me to the Norris book.
-B

[jfb.livejournal.com]

By the way, marm0t says I should meet you before I flee the state. If you're amenable, I can give you the books over coffee or something. Otherwise, send me (mailto:eostrom@drowning.org) your address.

[jfb.livejournal.com]

... and my sister gets the Norris. Thurber, Fiori, and Dibbell are yours.

[helloreplace.livejournal.com]

let's have coffee! we must always do what marm0t tells us.

[jfb.livejournal.com]

Yes, she told me that too. :-(

I'll have to figure out when I can be up in SF. It might be short notice, I don't know how flexible your schedule is.