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Dr. Cornel West will be hitting up B.Dalton bookstore in Washington, D.C this Thursday to discuss and sign his newest memoir Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud. Check the details below! Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009Time: 1:00-2:00pmLocation: B. Dalton2021 14th St. NWWashington, D.C One of our favorite blogs, Apartment Therapy, recently posted a few ideas on how to turn an overflowing book collection into inspiring home design. Check out some of our faves: Here’s what they wrote: No crazy styling ideas, just books in their myriad of colors and sizes. Having shelves above doors and windows is one of [...] Cool, casual and comfortable reading. Exactly how it’s supposed to be. –Samantha Tungul Photo by dreadpiraterach SheReads looks at the reading lists of cool chicks. If you want to be featured, send an email to uptown.literati@gmail.com.“Books featuring plucky girls making it in the Big City never appealed to me. When you’ve already snuck into NYC’s hottest clubs and pulled all nighters at Grey’s Papaya by age 17, you fantasize about the [...] Pharrell is adding actor to his diverse resume, which includes producing and performing music and modeling, according to Sister 2 Sister. He stars in a short film directed by Yi Zhou, based on a short story by Russian writer Nikolai Gogol. The film was inspired by “The Nose.” In that work, a government officer finds [...] Here’s another chick to add to your Girl Power! list. Herta Müller, a German poet and essayist, was recognized by The Swedish Academy for “the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed,” reports the Associated Press. The Nobel Prize Laureate frequently writes about her experiences under the oppressing [...] “Bored of chick lit? Why not check out bitch lit, a new genre featuring female anti-heroes who are mad, bad and dangerous to know.” – The Guardian
Lately publishers and reviewers have been throwing out the term Bitch [...] We’ve all been there: a flight across the country, a million things we could be catching up on, and we’re reading SkyMall. But maybe there’s something to be said for those cheesy in-flight magazine. [via Jezebel] For those of us who are still smarting about missing Judy Blume at the National Book [...] Amid the hustle and bustle of Bethesda, Md.’s Montgomery Mall, this gentleman finds momentary solitude with Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird. –Nicole Crowder Amid the hustle and bustle of Bethesda, Md.’s Montgomery Mall, this gentleman finds momentary solitude with Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird. –Nicole Crowder Photo courtesy Whitney Teal |
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