Just as the weather starts to warm up a little, I am reminded of all of the things I love about Spring. New York City in the springtime is truly an amazing place, as everybody crawls out from their respective rocks they have been hiding under the whole winter and greets the world with happy [...]
Author Archives: Katherine Krause
Anne Sexton
March 6, 2011 – 3:09 pm
We posted a video by Nick Heavican on our site, which is a non-traditional take on what is quickly becoming a ubiquitous forum on the internet these days- the fashion video. I love the idea of a man reading the haunting Anne Sexton poem- she was one of the first female poets to talk about [...]
Librarians Rule
March 5, 2011 – 4:08 pm
In honor of Women’s History Month, each March, the librarians of the New York Public Library present a month-long series of blog posts highlighting the amazing women they’ve discovered through the print and online resources of NYPL. They have reading lists that include topics such as “Women, Creativity & Madness”, interviews with Riot Grrls, discussions [...]
Let Me Entertain You
February 15, 2011 – 10:00 am
The very famous, very cute porn star Sasha Grey, who has worked with mainstream director Steven Soderbergh and appeared on Entourage, is publishing a book of her personal photographs called Neu Sex. Grey is well known for giving frank interviews answering all sorts of crazy questions, so a book of behind-the-scenes images seems natural. At [...]
So Little Time
February 9, 2011 – 1:08 pm
If you are looking for something to read The Millions did a Most Anticipated Great Books of 2011 list that makes me get really excited for all the goodies I am going to load on my new kindle. Yes, I bought a kindle. If you have been to my house and seen all the books [...]
Sheena is a Punk Rocker
February 3, 2011 – 10:23 am
When I heard that Rooney Mara was to play Lisbeth Salander, the charming bad-ass from Steig Larsson’s best selling book The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, I was confused. Had the casting director read the books or seen the Swedish films? Lisbeth Salander is hardcore. Whereas Rooney Mara is most well-known for being from a [...]
Emma Straub
February 1, 2011 – 11:03 am
It’s hard to find things to say about Emma Straub that haven’t already been said this week, as she’s gotten a ton of press for her short story collection Other People We Married, the first title from small press Five Chapters, but I’m going to try anyway. Here’s my two cents: Emma is the literary [...]
