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The Last Book I Loved: Skagboys

Perfect reading for a snow day: Part two of Tumblr’s series with The Rumpus to highlight emerging writers (and the books they love). This week: 18-year-old Lucy Uprichard on Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting prequel, Skagboys. Submit an essay!

I’m super excited to share the first installment of The Last Book I Loved, a Tumblr partnership with The Rumpus to discover — to borrow the words of our lovely Rumblrs — YOU: the fabulous, literate, funny, and smart members of Tumblr. This week we selected an essay from Tumblr user Stephanie Wong — and it is a knockout. She talks about women and failure and being invisible and the power of that invisibility. Read it, either over at Storyboard, at The Rumpus, or on  The Rumblr. Oh and submit your essays!

storyboard:

The Last Book I Loved: I Love Dick

The front cover of the last book I loved bears neither gold seals nor laurels to rest on. If you’re looking for flashy art direction, keep moving. Here, there’s just a shadowy still life photo (inventory: one open notebook, one glass ashtray, one bowl, two pens, many loose leaves of paper) set against a plain white background. And yet, if ever there was a book that should be judged by its cover, it’s this one. Open it and you’ll learn that the cover photo is not stock but Treilles, 1996 by French theorist Jean Baudrillard. That’s your first clue. I Love Dick doesn’t look like any other book on the shelf, and it doesn’t read like any other book I’ve read either.  Read More

chroniclebooks:

What happens when the great minds of Tumblr and Chronicle Books unite? A unicorn is born! Wait, no. Awesome Tumblrs like F*ck! I’m in My Twenties and Dads Are the Original Hipsters become hilariousbooks.

And now, it could be your turn.

This is awesome. Submit your book ideas!

BOOM. Topherchris w the background cameo. (at Tumblr HQ)

lastbookiloved:

What Was the Last Book You Loved? We Want Your Essays!

We’re excited to announce a Tumblr Storyboard + The Rumpus partnership to highlight Tumblr writers and the books they love — an extension of The Rumpus’s ongoing “Last Book I Loved” series. Here’s how it works: Got a book you can’t stop thinking about? Send us a writeup – a little bit book review and a lot about why you loved it – along with a short bio. Beginning next month, we’ll publish our favorites every Friday, both on Storyboard and TheRumpus.net. Visit our SUBMIT PAGE for more information — and get reading!

Submit your essays!

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JESSICA BENNETT grew up in the era of Girl Power…

… oh hey that’s me!

(Lynn Povich’s new book, The Good Girls Revolt —  about the women who sued Newsweek in 1970 — is out today.)

Oh yeah, that’s just Naomi Wolf’s new book on my desk, VAGINA. (It’s a biography.) I especially like the cursive font. #willskipthetag #lit #feminism (Taken with Instagram at Tumblr HQ)

feministryangosling:

Tumblr, Housing Works NYC and WORD are joining forces to throw a release party for Feminist Ryan Gosling: The Book. Join us - there will be good people and booze.

Housing Works Bookstore Cafe
126 Crosby Street, NYC
Thursday, August 2, 7pm

Free and open to the public.

Hey girl. Reading is so sexy.

newsweek:

nwkbookclub:

We’re happy to introduce the NWK Tumblr Book Club! (We asked, and you answered!)

After consulting with our brilliant books editor, we selected 5 titles from our “Best Summer Reads of 2012” list. Now it’s up to YOU to pick which of the 5 we read first. We’ll announce your pick later this week, and let’s plan to start reading next week (July 2nd)! 

It’s happening! Get up in our book club, tumblr! You’ve got a few days to vote and tell us which book we’re reading for July. AND! Make sure to follow the NWK Book Club tumblr for updates, discussion points, questions, #readingfaces, etc.

YES! Paging Rachel F.

libraryplankton:

“A Useful Wages Card”

— p. 23, The Card Index.

"The library was a safe and profoundly exciting place for me. My grandmother, my mother and my siblings form three generations of busy library users, and my sister is a librarian who has worked in Ireland, London and Somaliland. In short, I am a believer, and this nomination matters enormously to me. I will treasure it."

Anne Enright, from Booklist: A Love Letter To Libraries (via wwnorton)

storyboard:

Reading & Riding New York’s Underground

Every day, approximately seven million people journey through the underworld of New York City’s subway system. Along their daily commutes, some passengers stare into space, rock out on headphones, or sleep. But a special group of riders simultaneously embark on a different kind of journey — through the books they read. Ourit Ben-Haim, New Yorker and self-proclaimed street photographer, has been documenting these “Reading-Riders” since December 2011 on The Underground New York Public Library.

What inspired you to begin the UNYPL?

The first time I photographed a subway reader, I did it just out of photographic instincts. After that I felt compelled to do it again, and the photographs I collected inspired me to build a visual library. Concentrating on the Reading-Riders led me to discover layers of meaning in their presence and activity. In time I resolved to create an extensive series, in revelation, preservation, and celebration of them.

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Love this. If you haven’t seen the Underground NY Public Library… you should.

futurejournalismproject:

Underground New York Public Library is an awesome new Tumblr featuring photos of people reading while they wait for the subway. The arresting photos speak for themselves.

Long train commutes make New York one of the most literary cities in the U.S. And because New York as one of the fashion capitals of the world,  you have all the ingredients you need for one very stylish documentary project.

H/T: In Other News

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