A Japanese paper company and a publisher have teamed up to produce a novella printed on toilet paper. Drop is a horror story about a goblin who lives in, you guessed it, a public restroom. Each roll has multiple copies of the novella, so you don't have to finish it in one sitting.Thanks to the … Continue reading Watch Out, Uncle John
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That Dustjacket is a Hairshirt
To promote the forthcoming Spike Jonze movie version of the title, McSweeney's is offering a special fur-covered edition of Maurice Sendak's classic kids' book Where the Wild Things Are. There's no news if the book comes with a comb.The hirsute hardcover will be available in October.--David E
I Turn the Radio On
Caleb Crain's awesomely-named blog Steamboats Are Ruining Everything has a post today about the forthcoming book Heavy Rotation: Twenty Writers on the Albums That Changed Their Lives. There is the usual list of publication events, but I was most struck by two of the contributors and their subjects: Pankaj Mishra on ABBAJames Wood on the … Continue reading I Turn the Radio On
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