“Whether we’re from rural Texas, New York, the suburbs of Paris, wherever, the world comes to makes less and less sense the deeper we immerse ourselves into art.”
As seen on T.M. Wolf’s Facebook page, the UK edition of Sound. You can see the full US cover art on T.M. Wolf’s Tumblr… or tantalize yourself with the spine, as featured in NYT’s ”Bookshelf”:
“The formalist games continue with Sound (Faber & Faber, $18), by the hip-hop fanatic and Yale Law School grad T. M. Wolf, who also has degrees in intellectual history and urban planning. His dizzying interests somehow coalesce in this first novel, with the prose arranged here and there on horizontal lines, like musical notation.”
Calling all Photoshoppers and MS Painters!
(by Judson Frondorf)
Our cover remix contest is under way! Join us for a chance to win a copy of Paris, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down.
Maria Popova of Brain Pickings selects four art projects inspired by literary classics, for The Atlantic. I would add a fifth: the Something out of Something design contest. (Winner to be announced soon…)
Brian Dettmer + surgical tools = THIS.
“I think one of the insidious lessons about TV is the meta-lesson that you’re dumb. This is all you can do. This is easy, and you’re the sort of person who really just wants to sit in a chair and have it easy. When in fact there are parts of us, in a way, that are a lot more ambitious than that. And what we need… is seriously engaged art that can teach again that we’re smart. And that’s the stuff that TV and movies — although they’re great at certain things — cannot give us. But that have to create the motivations for us to want to do the extra work, to get those other kinds of art… Which is tricky, because you want to seduce the reader, but you don’t want to pander or manipulate them. I mean, a good book teaches the reader how to read it.”
Something out of Something: Only One DAY Left Until Contest Deadline
Tick tock. Tick tock…
Four months ago, BOMB magazine and FSG Originals announced the Something out of Something art and design contest. And now we’re down to the final seven days. We’re looking for the best in any kind of visual art inspired by or incorporating the work of Etgar Keret. At stake?
- $500
- A chance to have your work appear in an Etgar Keret film or story.
- Notoriety! Fame! Fortune! Groupies!
- Finalists’ submissions will be sold at silent auction to benefit PEN American.
- The contest’s media sponsor, Tumblr, will also be reviewing submissions with an eye for pieces that they might want to feature on the site’s Radar.
This is it. The final few hours. If, due to large volume, you have difficulty submitting to etgarkeret.designcontest@fsgbooks.com, shoot us an email here on tumblr to let us know.
The piece, based on ”What, of this goldfish, would you wish?”, is a collaborative effort between illustrator Jeff Grader and photographer Thom Barbour. Only three more days to submit your piece!
Another great submission. Have you entered a Keret-inspired piece of art yet?
Today’s theme: diamonds.
- The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus
- In the Plex by Steven Levy
- Why I Love Barthes by Alain Robbe-Grillet
- Uncommon Sense by Gary S. Becker and Richard A. Posner
From the iconic book cover Hall of Fame, courtesy of the Harry Ransom Center.
Ink drawing by Sylvia Plath. (via The Fox Is Black)
Today’s theme: the ocean.
- The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall
- Breath by Tim Winton
- The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
- Navigators of the Contemporary by David A. Westbrook
- Displacement by Leslie Harrison
- Aye, And Gomorrah: And Other Stories by Samuel R. Delany
- The Boat by Nam Le
Thessaly La Force visits Leanne Shapton’s studio. You’ve likely seen Shapton’s work before: Paul Murray’s Skippy Dies, her own book Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry, or, for the very observant, in Michael Cunningham’s apartment.
There is a documentary about Gerhard Richter painting. It’s called Gerhard Richter Painting. I am very excited about this.
Another submission: This is “What Animal” by Sarah Diehl, Seattle, WA, and draws inspiration from “What Animal Are You?”. Just two weeks to go before the deadline everybody!
A little art for your Thursday.
