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highly recommended

thewarmestblue wrote in hipsterbookclub Sep 26, 2012 12:13

everything lonely christopher writes ( Read more... )

Donations for a Struggling Indie Bookstore?

blake_fraina wrote in hipsterbookclub Sep 25, 2012 09:35

My high school crush, David, and his wife Dorothy own a cool indie bookstore (Written Words) in Shelton Connecticut. They've been in business since 2007 and in those five years it's become a really nice community gathering spot offering local author signings and even knitting classes ( Read more... )

Radical Reinvention by Kaya Oakes

createdestiny wrote in hipsterbookclub Jul 05, 2012 17:17

Kaya Oakes resides in my pantheon of literary alterna-goddesses. She is an award-winning poet (Telegraph), author of Slanted and Enchanted: The Evolution of Indie Culture and teaches writing at the University of California, Berkeley. She was the co-founder and senior editor of Kitchen Sink magazine ---a wickedly hip publication that ran from 2002 ( Read more... )

Where to start

az_tashtego wrote in hipsterbookclub Jun 10, 2012 15:41

So, I just got back from the (used) book store with the following:

Junot Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Jennifer Egan, The Keep
Sam Lipsyte, The Ask
Marina Lewycka, Two Caravans

Any thoughts on which should go first?

travelling detectives

ducksintheattic wrote in hipsterbookclub May 07, 2012 12:37

Hi, hipsters ( Read more... )

help wanted

susanbiscuit wrote in hipsterbookclub Jan 22, 2012 21:41

can anyone help me think of books that deal with the death of a father, in any way? it's for a story i'm writing. my mind's gone blank. anything with a dead/dying father as the main element of the plot would be great, as would anything like l'etranger which starts with a line about a dying parent.
thank you!!

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antiqrule1 wrote in hipsterbookclub Jan 06, 2012 19:09

I'm reading The Diary of Anaïs Nin Volume II: 1934-1939 right now and it's blowing my mind. I think Nin is my new hero. I'm reading this book so quickly that it's like she's narrating my thoughts.

This was in the Erotic Fiction section of the bookstore. Funny, there's nothing erotic in the book whatsoever.

Anaïs Nin

"'God only knows who's givin' information to the Government now'": a review of The Informer.

uvula_fr_b4 wrote in hipsterbookclub Dec 12, 2011 03:29

From Saturday, 12 November to Monday, 14 November, I read Liam O'Flaherty's 1925 novel The Informer (Dublin: Wolfhound Press [an imprint of Merlin Publishing], 2006; ISBN: 0-86327-938-4; 217 pps.).

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Snow Flower & the Secret Fan

momma2cale wrote in hipsterbookclub Oct 28, 2011 10:41

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HBC update/Donate to Doctors Without Borders & WIN

yenniemonster wrote in hipsterbookclub Sep 01, 2011 11:19

Hey all,

Today's HBC update features reviews of the latest books by Nicholson Baker, Alex Shakar, Yannick Murphy, Jim Knipfel, Elissa Shappell, and others.

More importantly, though, we're running a charity drive for Doctors Without Borders. Donate and you can win FORTHCOMING (yes, as in not yet released) books by Jeffrey Eugenides, Neal Stephenson, ( Read more... )