Comments for BookCourt http://www.bookcourt.org Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:42:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on New Orleans in Literature (Part I) by Frances Madeson http://www.bookcourt.org/new-orleans-in-literature-food-and-football/comment-page-1/#comment-90182 Frances Madeson Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:42:57 +0000 http://www.bookcourt.org/?p=3569#comment-90182 Harry! You really know how to hurt a girl. That's my number one writerly fantasy--that I'll get on the F train and strangers will be reading (and laughing to) my own novel, and so far it hasn't happened.. The bus, yes, and once at the airport, but not the subway. I'm looking forward to seeing what's included in Part II also. And what's not.. Harry!
You really know how to hurt a girl. That’s my number one writerly fantasy–that I’ll get on the F train and strangers will be reading (and laughing to) my own novel, and so far it hasn’t happened.. The bus, yes, and once at the airport, but not the subway.

I’m looking forward to seeing what’s included in Part II also. And what’s not..

]]> Comment on New Orleans in Literature (Part I) by Harry Kaplan http://www.bookcourt.org/new-orleans-in-literature-food-and-football/comment-page-1/#comment-90149 Harry Kaplan Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:39:47 +0000 http://www.bookcourt.org/?p=3569#comment-90149 A fine selection, ! If Frances Madeson means that poor Toole's book is knee-jerk named whenever New Orleans and books are mentioned in the same sentence, well OK, but if she thinks the book itself is tired, I'd keep a running count of how many New York subway riders are still reading it and laughing through every station stop. For New Orleans in Literature (Part II), may I suggest New Orleans Noir, NOLA's entry in the ubiquitous Akashic Press series, and the excellent non-fiction of Ned Sublette, The World That Made New Orleans and The Year Before the Flood. A fine selection, ! If Frances Madeson means that poor Toole’s book is knee-jerk named whenever New Orleans and books are mentioned in the same sentence, well OK, but if she thinks the book itself is tired, I’d keep a running count of how many New York subway riders are still reading it and laughing through every station stop. For New Orleans in Literature (Part II), may I suggest New Orleans Noir, NOLA’s entry in the ubiquitous Akashic Press series, and the excellent non-fiction of Ned Sublette, The World That Made New Orleans and The Year Before the Flood.

]]> Comment on New Orleans in Literature (Part I) by Frances Madeson http://www.bookcourt.org/new-orleans-in-literature-food-and-football/comment-page-1/#comment-90076 Frances Madeson Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:43:59 +0000 http://www.bookcourt.org/?p=3569#comment-90076 Gents! You accidentally forgot Mary Robison's new miniaturist novel, 1 D.O.A., 1 on the Way. An omission equivalent to writing about comic novels in the POPO period ( post-Osama, pre-Obama--periodization c/o Steven Augustine) and neglecting to mention Cooperative Village (which is, as I'm sure you know since BookCourt was an early supporter, a whole lot funnier and more incisive and relevant to the present moment than that tired old Confederacy of Dunces everyone keeps flogging). Ah well, maybe things will be better when the saints come marching in. Gents!
You accidentally forgot Mary Robison’s new miniaturist novel, 1 D.O.A., 1 on the Way. An omission equivalent to writing about comic novels in the POPO period ( post-Osama, pre-Obama–periodization c/o Steven Augustine) and neglecting to mention Cooperative Village (which is, as I’m sure you know since BookCourt was an early supporter, a whole lot funnier and more incisive and relevant to the present moment than that tired old Confederacy of Dunces everyone keeps flogging). Ah well, maybe things will be better when the saints come marching in.

]]> Comment on Children’s Book Awards Announced by Best of the Rest « BookCourt http://www.bookcourt.org/childrens-book-awards-announced/comment-page-1/#comment-89913 Best of the Rest « BookCourt Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:14:29 +0000 http://www.bookcourt.org/?p=3373#comment-89913 [...] wrote about the American Library Associations three big awards announced Monday, but there were actually 17 [...] [...] wrote about the American Library Associations three big awards announced Monday, but there were actually 17 [...]

]]> Comment on Children’s Book Awards Announced by rebecca http://www.bookcourt.org/childrens-book-awards-announced/comment-page-1/#comment-89889 rebecca Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:07:08 +0000 http://www.bookcourt.org/?p=3373#comment-89889 YAY for When You Reach Me!!!!! and YAY for the bookcourt kids blog! YAY for When You Reach Me!!!!!

and YAY for the bookcourt kids blog!

]]> Comment on All Roads Lead to Brooklyn – Part II (Warm Places – Western Hemisphere) by twf http://www.bookcourt.org/all-roads-lead-to-brooklyn-part-ii-warm-places-western-hemisphere/comment-page-1/#comment-89817 twf Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:04:32 +0000 http://www.bookcourt.org/?p=3341#comment-89817 If you want to get a visual idea of Toussaint -- re: your All Souls’ Rising books -- you can go to http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2468184/ and see a clip from the award-winning short film "The Last Days of Toussaint L'Ouverture." If you want to get a visual idea of Toussaint — re: your All Souls’ Rising books — you can go to http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2468184/ and see a clip from the award-winning short film “The Last Days of Toussaint L’Ouverture.”

]]> Comment on books of the day by A. Seidlitz http://www.bookcourt.org/books-of-the-day-4/comment-page-1/#comment-89678 A. Seidlitz Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:49:11 +0000 http://www.bookcourt.org/?p=3212#comment-89678 I so appreciate that you dub Armstrong a 'giant of modern American culture' - is so true that his music was advancing modernism mightily although now too often he's viewed as old school jazz. Whether he was 'greatest jazz musician' of the 20th c. is debatable = it would - yes - be him or Charlie Parker. I so appreciate that you dub Armstrong a ‘giant of modern American culture’ – is so true that his music was
advancing modernism mightily although now too often he’s viewed as old school jazz. Whether he was ‘greatest
jazz musician’ of the 20th c. is debatable = it would – yes – be him or Charlie Parker.

]]> Comment on books of the day by Alex http://www.bookcourt.org/books-of-the-day-4/comment-page-1/#comment-89677 Alex Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:08:13 +0000 http://www.bookcourt.org/?p=3212#comment-89677 When I was selling a bunch of books (to fund my move to NYC, actually), a guy at Powell's told me that, as far as books go, you cannot make a better investment than buying art books. Cookbooks are close, but still in second. And it's true: I had, for example, a hardcover "coffee-table" Cartier-Bresson book, bought for $45 about 5 years ago, selling for almost $200. Now, I'm not really the "investor" type; I buy books because I like what's on their pages. But even for me this seems like a good buy on multiple levels! When I was selling a bunch of books (to fund my move to NYC, actually), a guy at Powell’s told me that, as far as books go, you cannot make a better investment than buying art books. Cookbooks are close, but still in second. And it’s true: I had, for example, a hardcover “coffee-table” Cartier-Bresson book, bought for $45 about 5 years ago, selling for almost $200. Now, I’m not really the “investor” type; I buy books because I like what’s on their pages. But even for me this seems like a good buy on multiple levels!

]]> Comment on Book Clubs by EVENTS « BookCourt http://www.bookcourt.org/bookclubs/comment-page-1/#comment-89673 EVENTS « BookCourt Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:00:56 +0000 http://www.bookcourt.org/?page_id=3092#comment-89673 [...] BOOKCOURT’S BookClub Meeting [...] [...] BOOKCOURT’S BookClub Meeting [...]

]]> Comment on books of the day … biographies by Amy Ferris http://www.bookcourt.org/books-of-the-day-biographies/comment-page-1/#comment-89672 Amy Ferris Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:28:52 +0000 http://www.bookcourt.org/?p=3155#comment-89672 frickin' thrilled to be included with mary karr & jeanette walls & doris lessing & harold evans. great company. thank you, thank you! THANK YOU. amy ferris author marrying george clooney: confessions from a midlife crisis frickin’ thrilled to be included with mary karr & jeanette walls & doris lessing & harold evans. great company. thank you, thank you!
THANK YOU.
amy ferris
author
marrying george clooney: confessions from a midlife crisis

]]> Comment on HZ on WNYC by Carswell http://www.bookcourt.org/hz-on-wnyc/comment-page-1/#comment-89657 Carswell Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:08:24 +0000 http://www.bookcourt.org/?p=2752#comment-89657 mm.. bookmarked :-) mm.. bookmarked :-)

]]> Comment on Store by New York, in Bookstores http://www.bookcourt.org/store/comment-page-1/#comment-89627 New York, in Bookstores Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:50:08 +0000 http://www.bookcourt.org/1114/#comment-89627 [...] our trip to Word, we headed over to Cobble Hill to visit Book Court, a store recommended to us by a bunch of our bookish friends.  This is another gorgeous store.  [...] [...] our trip to Word, we headed over to Cobble Hill to visit Book Court, a store recommended to us by a bunch of our bookish friends.  This is another gorgeous store.  [...]

]]> Comment on Colm Toibin – BROOKLYN / may 13th by dabroots http://www.bookcourt.org/colm-toibin-brooklyn-may-13th/comment-page-1/#comment-89597 dabroots Wed, 20 May 2009 14:42:31 +0000 http://www.bookcourt.org/?p=2764#comment-89597 Thanks so much for posting this video reading! I have a copy of Toibin's Brooklyn and began reading it just last night. Putting your readings online is wonderful idea. I miss your store, and will visit again when I'm in Brooklyn. Thanks so much for posting this video reading! I have a copy of Toibin’s Brooklyn and began reading it just last night.

Putting your readings online is wonderful idea.

I miss your store, and will visit again when I’m in Brooklyn.

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