February 2012
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"Who Killed Che?" deemed a "fascinating" work by... →
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Farewell to a fighting publisher
We just learned that Barney Rosset, the maverick, irascible, but always independent publisher who provided inspiration for radical editors and publishers everywhere has died. A tip of the hat to this not easily categorizable man, who published the Tropics of Henry Miller, all of Samuel Beckett, Jean Genet, and much, much else. More than any other person, he’s responsible for the retreat of...
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“Mind-blowingly honest. Daring, truthful, mesmerizing, haunting. The most...”
– Ingrid Newkirk, president of PETA, on Sue Coe’s CRUEL.
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Beware of unarmed civilians
Our authors seem to get into trouble all over. Medea Benjamin, author of DRONE WARFARE: KILLING BY REMOTE CONTROL (to be announced next week) just got kicked out of Bahrain. Medea, co-founder of the anti-war group CODEPINK, is fearless despite having been arrested countless times. Here’s a recent pic, taken just before she was deported: she may be the self-labeled “unarmed...
“A year after the Tahrir’s tweets were posted, much of the information they...”
– The Atlantic
The Guardian mentions OR Books as one of the... →
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"With all proceeds going to the OWS movement you... →
The Socialist Review on Occupying Wall Street.
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Read this and become a security risk
…herewith two ACTUAL examples of “top secret” information in the 250,000 document dump to WikiLeaks, for which accused leakee Bradley Manning may receive life in prison (Espionage Act of 1917)—lower the blinds, unplug the computer (well, OK, read this and THEN unplug the computer…unless you’ve a laptop…oh well):
1. “the Congo is rich in mineral...
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OWS at KGB | The Outlet, Electric Literature
“The book that breaks the scene wide open is stacked on an old wooden bar table. It is raw, unapologetic, unadorned: a primary document. The early birds and KGB bar regulars browse its contents. The room fills. Soon, it’s packed. Colin Robinson, co-publisher of OR Books, steps up to the mic to introduce Occupying Wall Street: The Inside Story of an Action that Changed America.”
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"Walking the fine line between “Hollywood... →
ohrohin:
Miles Klee gives you 11 reasons to love his writing in Vanity Fair today.
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Napoleon Hill & the Great Depression
sadmen:
In the early 20th Century, Napoleon Hill interviewed thousands of successful people. In 1937, he distilled their stories into Think and Grow Rich—a handbook for getting wealthy as the country struggled to emerge from the Great Depression. 70 million copies of the book have been sold since the 1930s.
Blogger Mike Cane has been writing about Hill, and uncovered that vintage book ad at...
"Reading the passages rich in masochistic sex, you... →
The Guardian loved Rare Earth, calling it a febrile, enjoyable romp through China.
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“Given the virtuosity of his prose, it is no surprise that Mason has ventured...”
– The New Statesman’s George Eaton writes a rare dual review of Paul Mason’s simultaneous new books: Why It’s Kicking off Everywhere, his vivid non-fiction analysis of the “new global revolutions” from Verso, and Rare Earth, his debut novel about corruption and sex in...
The Millions : Your Guide to Literary Tumblrs →
peterwknox:
A nice comprehensive and long listings of tumblrs you might enjoy.
Nice! Thanks, The Millions.
Love,
The littler guys
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January 2012
38 posts
lifeencoded asked: I had one brief inquiry about the internships. I am very interested. Are they only available to those living in or in proximity to New York City? Thank you. Andrew Kubai
Only a week left to apply for an OR internship...
Please help us spread the word!
We’re looking for a couple of book lovers to join our team at OR Books—publishers of Eileen Myles, Douglas Rushkoff, Norman Finkelstein, and Miles Klee, to name a few. Internships are paid and flexible. Click on the links below for more info:
Sales Internship: if you’re interested in ebooks, sales and business.
Publicity Internship: if you’re...
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We're Following the Activity in Egypt
Hope you are too. There’s been some great coverage in Jacobin we think you should check out. We also think you should investigate our special offer on that little tweets book we did…
Sales Internship at OR Books
We’re looking for an intern who wants to learn about ebooks, sales, and the business side of digital publishing. The internship is part-time and entails working closely with the Sales Manager to build sales reports, liaise with Amazon, Google Books, and independent bookstores, update databases, prepare administrative...
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Newsnight's Paul Mason: in position for a bad sex... →
“Mason’s just-published debut novel Rare Earth (‘a washed-up TV reporter stumbles on a corruption scandal in China’) has moments that leave the Sky News anchor looking prim, including a standout scene distinctively fusing economics and erotica. In it a character called Khunbish explains a business deal while he and his lover Chun-li try out ‘tantric position...
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“Writers in China often have to fictionalise their work in order to be heard....”
– Hsiao-Hung Pai on Paul Mason’s Rare Earth.
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“At least six weddings in Iraq and Afghanistan that were wiped out in part or...”
– OR author Chase Madar, in his must-read piece today on TomDispatch.com
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Internship at OR Books (paid)
We’re on the lookout for an intern to work in our publicity department (college students or recent-grads). Feel free to reblog, RT, or pass along to anyone you think might be a good fit.
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OR Books, a NYC-based publishing startup, is looking for a media-savvy college student (or recent grad) to join our team as a publicity intern. The position is part-time and entails working closely...
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“I screwed Emma once, long before all this, in a sleazy motel outside Cape...”
– Miles Klee, Ivyland (via taliamailman)
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On the 10th anniversary of Guantánamo Bay... →
We’ll be posting quotations from the Defense Department’s interrogation logs in real time over on our Twitter account this afternoon to commemorate victims of torture.
TONIGHT, 7 PM: Hope you’ll be joining us at Cooper Union’s Rose Auditorium for The Torture Report author Larry Siems discussing what needs to be done to repair the damage of America’s post-9/11 torture...
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lifeaquatic:
Catbus: Ivyland isn’t about ivyleague schools is it
me: no it’s about new jersey
Also not about: Beyonce’s baby’s kingdom
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“Finally Rare Earth, the new novel by BBC Newsnight economics correspondent Paul...”
– Seems Hugh Muir is also amused by the phrase “robust bonking scenes.”
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“This valuable book not only documents Washington’s involvement in the...”
– Against the Current reviews Who Killed Che?: How the CIA Got Away with Murder.
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