Teleportal Starlog

What we do and what we like at Teleportal Readings, the multimedia reading series where technology and literature meet.

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Concerning that "new" picture released of Robert Johnson (via Vanity Fair, five years ago)

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“I’ve fallen in love or imagine I have; went to a party and lost my head. Bought a horse which I don’t need at all.” —Leo Tolstoy, January 25, 1851

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Biblioteca Pública de México (Mexico Public Library)

Mexico DF

Architects: Taller de Arquitectura X

(via rcruzniemiec)

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How George Saunders' Pastoralia changed insurance advertising forever.

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You know, when you’re making a sandwich for yourself you don’t think about loneliness so much. But when you cook spaghetti, it’s different

SpaghetMurakami, a Twitter feed specializing in Haruki Murakami quotes about spaghetti. It had to be done.

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Run into a fire to save books. Don't be afraid. 

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Write like a volcano.

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Not sure how it works, but it works. Type in an author you like, discover simliar authors. 

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Give a look. So clean. Buy a book.

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Interviewer: How much rewriting do you do? Hemingway: It depends. I rewrote the ending of Farewell to Arms, the last page of it, 39 times before I was satisfied. Interviewer: Was there some technical problem there? What was it that had stumped you? Hemingway: Getting the words right.

From the Paris Review interviews, 1958, http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4825/the-art-of-fiction-no-21-ernest-hemingway

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A flash fiction satire. Not satirical enough.

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shessuchaliar:

Best ad EVER. (The beret…)

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Ugly Duckling Presse is putting many of chapbooks they've published over the last few years online. Peruse at your leisure, because now they're available forever. My chapbooks always seem to fall behind dressers and desks.

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DIY journalism at its finest. Make your own damn news.

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Because, let's face it, these dudes can write. Jonathan Franzen and Lev Grossman (author of The Magician and The Magician King) hold court at the Bass Concert Hall on October 14th. You'd do well to attend. 

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Lisa Occhipinti uses books better than we do. There is more if you click.

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Choose the right science fiction or fantasy novel for YOU. From the good people at SFSignal.