Sighting: The Prismatic Bezel in the Believer
From Theo Schell-Lambert's "The Depthless Bookshelf" in the 11 January 2011 issue of The Believer:
Interestingly, the Kindle itself pops repeatedly in the ads, even after it has done its work launching the flights of novelish fancy. And we start to get the sense that the device isn't just the departure point but perhaps a feature in these increasingly tangled scenes. And we start to wonder, then, if this interior Kindle contains other false books within (false) books: perhaps The Prismatic Bezel, by Nabokov's dead author Sebastian KnightAn excerpt of the article is available online.. (13)
Leaning From Las Vegas
- A Continuous Lean's Michael Williams visits town, posts some terrific vintage Kodakromes.
- Weekend Stubble's Paul Collins stumbles on this Wikipedia entry: List of Las Vegas Casinos That Never Opened.
- John D'Agata writes a dark dark dark (but good & sharply observed) thing for The Believer on the town (well worth getting for that alone: lots of sharp Dave Hickey quotes but even better for D'Agata's on the town's fundamental inability to recognize or talk about its many rough patches).
Nabokovilia: Speak, Memorates
An article on Tono Monogatari, in the 2010 January Believer issue, is entitled Speak, Memorates. (Other McSweeney's-connected Speak, Memory
variations include Tom Bissell's Speak, Commentary
and George Saunders's Eat, Memory
.)
variations include Tom Bissell's Speak, Commentary and George Saunders's Eat, Memory.)