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  • A Rare Books Shop I Love, In Chicago

    Richard Shay‘s mom, Florence, runs this very cool “out of print first edition collectable” book shop in Highland Park, called Titles, Inc. If you’re in Chicago, check it out. A good way to get completely lost in books for an afternoon (or a week), like Billy Corgan does… Not in Chicago? Check out Florence’s blog!

  • AJ Jacobs Strikes Again: “The Guinea Pig Diaries”

    First he brought us his brilliant debut THE KNOW-IT-ALL, then the genius of THE YEAR OF LIVING BIBLICALLY. Now AJ Jacobs goes undercover as a woman, impersonates a movie star, outsources every part of his life to India, and more. Page after page, AJ makes me think differently about everything, every time I see him,…

  • Daniel Nester Found Out That Hitler Found Out That “United Breaks Guitars”

    Back in June, I posted about Dave Carroll, who by now everyone knows had his guitar broken by an initially unrepentant United Airlines. Since then, there have been too many updates to keep up to date on. Tributes, imitations, pledges of solidarity, hateful rants against United Airlines, donations, and now this, which Daniel Nester just…

  • Noah’s Friends Push His Book To #1 On Amazon In Just A Day

    A few weeks ago, author and organizational psychologist Noah Blumenthal launched a campaign to land his new book, BE THE HERO, on the New York Times Bestseller List, a lifelong goal. He asked each of his friends to tap their social networks and spread the word: For every one of his books purchased on August…

  • “How To Be Inappropriate”

    Zoo Press published my book of poems, THE COP WHO RIDES ALONE, in 2002. I think like 25 people bought a copy, and that’s ’cause they were just being nice or are in my family. Then they all sold their copies back to The Strand and Amazon. By the way, you can buy this amazing…