The Ballad of Billy and Ike A.
If you need to laugh this morning, Alan Jacobs has you taken care of with his graphic novel adaptation of Ikea instructions.
Tagged: Alan Jacobs
Proust’s Invitation to Folly
Alan Jacobs is Proustblogging, and I can’t resist. In Search of Lost Time is about the power of anticipation at least as much as the power of memory, he writes: This is part of...
Self-Publishing is Over
Alan Jacobs, writing at TheAtlantic.com: [O]ne of the illusions most common to writers — an illusion that may make the long slow slog of writing possible, for many people — is that an enormous...
On Consumerism, Living the Dream, and Hope
Bob Wise is a sailor, boat-builder, and filmmaker. He’s also my friend and where film and sailing are concerned, my mentor.
I’ve lost many books…
…but never one that cost $400. And usually I lost them by loaning them out. May as well give a book away if you’re going to loan it out. In any case, Alan Jacobs...
