http://authwhore.com Reading is Sexy. Do it Like a Slut. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:57:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Like Wild Turkey into the Good Doc's mouth, so too go tomes about Hunter S. Thompson on the bookshelves. The most recent disciple to weigh in is William McKeen, a friend of Thompson's. I am clinically obsessed with Hunter S. Thompson. The man and the myth. But mostly the writing. So it is with ... http://authwhore.com/2008/08/18/outlaw-journalist-hunter-s-thompson-book-another/ I have a belligerent faith in books because they provide an extended, crafted argument in a world increasingly dominated by passing headlines, talking points, blurbs, pundits, scandal, and hype. In many major news stories affecting our lives, books have become the final say. So it was with distinct pleasure that I found ... http://authwhore.com/2008/08/15/lust-in-translation-by-pamela-druckerman/ A new study by researchers reveals that emotions are affected in exactly the same way, regardless of whether you are reading or watching TV. This is good and bad news. Good news for us sensible folk dismayed by the puritans blaming society's ills on Grand Theft Auto and the like. Bad news for ... http://authwhore.com/2008/08/14/books-can-control-your-mind-like-tv/ The “artwork” is by J.J. Sempe, a New Yorker contributor since 1978, and is called “Future Memories.” Future Memories. Yeah, of false nostalgia blotted with sentimental Thomas-Kincade idealism. The image shows two adults roasting what can only be marshmallows over a campfire on a beach as seventeen ankle biters sit around ... http://authwhore.com/2008/08/13/the-aug-11-18-2008-new-yorker-cover-is-tasteless-and-offensive/ Michael Swaim, writing at Cracked.com, has a magnificent rant on the homophobia of Orson Scott Card. Do enjoy, but some highlights: "The Mormon guy who wrote all those books about the innocence of a child winning out over war and hatred wants us to raise arms against any queers who feel like ... http://authwhore.com/2008/08/12/author-orson-scott-card-is-a-way-bigger-dumbass-than-youd-expect/ Michael Chabon won the "best novel" category of science fiction's most prestigious awards for The Yiddish Policemen's Union. The Hugo Awards are Authwhore's favorite literary awards. And not because we're closeted sci-fi-loving, graphic novel-reading nerds. Authwhore is just uniquely situated to singularly appreciate any award that prominently features a bright, shiny phallus: The ... http://authwhore.com/2008/08/12/hugo-awards-announced/ In gearing up for Banned Books Week, September 27 - October 4, 2008, I am trying to decide which banned book to read. My right to read isn't going to celebrate itself. We all love a good list. Especially a list of books we're supposed to have read. We scour these ... http://authwhore.com/2008/08/11/celebrate-your-freedom-read-a-banned-book/ Sand sculpture is an under appreciated art. And we here at Authwhore seek to promiscuously "read" a diverse spectrum of neglected "texts." Like books. And sand sculpture. With graphic novelist's prominence on the rise, I was recently fielding candidates to fill the vacuum of artists groveling for respect. I shamefully failed ... http://authwhore.com/2008/08/08/sand-sculpture-an-under-appreciated-art/ Sarah Vowell’s Assassination Vacation is what would happen if David Sedaris wrote The Devil in the White City. Now I know that we’re supposed to lump the likes of David Rakoff, Sarah Vowell, and David Sedaris into a category of humor or essays or some other less-than-serious class, but Assassination Vacation ... http://authwhore.com/2008/08/06/assassination-vacation-by-sarah-vowell/ You know the times are getting tough when bums start asking for “a couple of bucks” instead of “spare change.” This is the situation we’re in folks, it is not pretty, and it’s the situation I was in a few days ago right before I came home to find a piece ... http://authwhore.com/2008/08/03/the-aug-4-2008-new-yorker-cover-is-decadent-and-depraved/