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• The Literary Shophouse That Could

  
  The UrbanWire — Authority: 423
  An independent bookstore with a specialty in Literature, BooksActually has been a quiet part of the local book scene for some time, and they just turned 4 years old on Nov 29. Borne of owners Karen Wai and Kenny Leck’s shared love for reading, this compact establishment didn’t survive 4 years just by sitting ...
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• The Jury is Out on Laura

  
  Toronto Estate Law Blog — Authority: 467
    When a writer starts to come off the rails, you expect skid marks and broken glass. With Nabokov, naturally, the eruption is on the scale of a nuclear accident. – Martin Amis, of The Guardian, writing about Vladimir Nabokov’s later literary works ...
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• Dept. of Bad Heirs

  
  Mostly Movies — Authority: 132
  Whats wrong with the "new" Vladimir Nabokov novel. (Wall St. Journal) "Nabokov would have wanted me to become his Person from Porlock," Dmitri says, in a typically hamfisted reference to the figure who intruded on Coleridges great poem "Kubla Khan" before it was finished. But his preface lacks an appropriately ...
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• Books You Might Not Have Read Yet: The Original of Laura (Dying Is Fun)

  
  We Love You So - Where The Wild Things Are - Spike Jonze — Authority: 552
  If you’re looking to strike up a relationship with Vladimir Nabokov, it’s probably best to start with Lolita , which has an opening chapter so beautiful it will make you pee your pants, or Pnin , a short ‘n sweet novel about a loopy professor. There’s also the author’s memoir Speak, Memory , which ...
  5 days ago

• New Cera film a fun, youthful ride

  
  The Temple News — Authority: 528
  The burgeoning actor, who visited Main Campus last week, stars in an irresistable comedy.
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• San Jose Sharks Evgeni Nabokov Needs to Point the Finger at Himself

  
  Bleacher Report — Authority: 780
  Over the last decade in the NHL, the list of truly elite goaltenders in the league has always included a select few players. Martin Brodeur, Roberto Luongo, Dominik Hasek, Patrick Roy, Chris Osgood, Ryan Miller, and Henrik Lundqvist are always considered elite. Now there may be a few goalies Im forgetting to mention ...
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• The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov

  
  #1 Books Read All — Authority: 144
  These stories, written between the early 1920s to the mid-1950s, reveal the fascinating progress of Nabokov\s early development as they remind us that we are in the presence of a magnificent origi
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• Creativity Lives far From Home...(feat. Aliens!)

  
  Blogs — Authority: 161
  Current research on creativity has brought forth such fascinating studies as to the effect of eye movement exercises on creativity , and the degree to which thoughts of love make us more creative (while thoughts of lust do not), but the degree to which foreign country experiences influence creativity has until ...
  1 week ago

• Sharks goalie Evgeni Nabokov points finger after loss to Blues

  
  Morning Skate — Authority: 537
  The Sharks were not happy campers after the Blues won 3-2 in a shootout Thursday night, especially goaltender Evgeni Nabokov .   Blues defenseman Carlo Colaiacovo scored the game-tying goal with a seeing-eye puck that go through the San Jose defense. Here’s what the…
  1 week ago

• Jane Blow: Speaking About The Unspeakable.

  
  Dog and Pony Show — Authority: 139
  By definition via Dictionary.com, a Taboo is something society has deemed improper or unacceptable.  Doesn’t matter if it is a word, action, or thought.  But I don’t think anything is too taboo to at least discuss. Some of you feel anal sex is taboo. I don’t agree. I understand how you feel, the ...
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• Links for 12.3.09: I don’t care for Farmville.

  
  the listenerd — Authority: 423
  * The Web : Did Vladimir Nabokov invent the emoticon? As I have mentioned before, the only emoticon I ever use is the emotionless one. And the side hugs, of course. * Bowie on Bowie : Check out this letter written by a 20-year-old David Bowie to a young American fan in 1967. Nipple antennae. [ stereogum !?] * ...
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• Should We Stop With The San Jose Sharks Jokes?

  
  Hockey From the Cheap Seats — Authority: 511
  Have you ever been in a situation where the FIRST thing you think about someone is a joke? It might be 5 years old, it might not apply anymore and it might not even be that funny in the first place. But still, every time you hear the person’s name—one thing comes to mind. That seems to be the problem with the ...
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• A Rave Review Of Lolita [Difficult Conversations]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 809
  "To be blunt, I do not love Lolita in spite of my own history; I love it, in part, because of my history." That history is fascinating, and can (and should) be read here: [ The Second Pass ]
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• Books | In Chicago midfields, Hemon discovers transcendental soccer nation

  
  The Global Game — Authority: 91
  Nov 30 | As theological statements go, the title of Aleksandar Hemon s essay in the current Granta , "If God Existed, Hed Be a Solid Midfielder," would not impress the plethora of seminarians in Hemons adopted home, Chicago. Nevertheless, for the acclaimed writer from Sarajevo, absence of soccer means spiritual ...
  2 weeks ago

• Distractions

  
  Mixtapes for Hookers — Authority: 132
  I think I may go back to writing on paper, because my brain is seriously not disciplined enough to sit in front of the computer all day.  I write two sentences, then I check my Google Reader.  Then I write another sentence, then I become incomprehensibly worried that my Tumblarity might have dropped.  Then I delete ...
  2 weeks ago

• Nabokov discusses Lolita

  
  Celsius1414 — Authority: 124
  Video of Vladimir Nabokov discussing Lolita on a television interview program. The YouTube uploader believes it is from the CBC’s Close-Up , which ran from 1957-1963, but I haven’t been able to confirm that elsewhere. It’s cool to hear Nabokov’s voice, not to mention strange as he was not a fan of live ...
  2 weeks ago

• League-leading Sharks beat Canucks 4-2 (AP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 178
  Dan Boyle scored the go-ahead goal on a power play 6:15 into the second period, and Evgeni Nabokov made 28 saves to lead the San Jose Sharks to a 4-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday night. Manny Malhotra scored on a breakaway with 2:35 left and Jamie McGinn made it 4-1 on a scramble in front 13 seconds ...
  2 weeks ago

• New Nabokov Novel: The Original Of Laura

  
  The Greatest Literary Works — Authority: 122
  In an exclusive interview, the son of novelist Vladimir Nabokov tells Newsnight why he is defying his fathers wishes to posthumously publish the controversial writers final novel. After the death of the notorious libertine Lord Byron, who was mad, bad and dangerous to know, his memoirs were thrown into the fire at ...
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• Links: Leftovers

  
  Mark Athitakis' American Fiction Notes — Authority: 565
  What foreigners might read to better understand the “ American character .” An author gives up on writing criticism: “I know intimately that the worst novels ever written took more fearlessness, will and soul than the best book reviews ever written.” To buy the time work on a play or another book, Richard ...
  2 weeks ago

• San Jose Sharks: Defense in Need of an Upgrade

  
  Bleacher Report — Authority: 780
  Despite squeaking out a 5-4 shootout victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Friday, the San Jose Sharks experienced many of the same problems that enabled the Chicago Blackhawks to embarrass them on their home ice just two days prior. Poor defensive coverage and lack of hustle allowed the injury-plagued and ...
  2 weeks ago

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