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Sup /lit/

I really enjoy Anthony Fantano and his Needledrop review show.

Is there an equivalent for literature? A guy making informative and entertaining videos about new literature?

Seems like there's a gap in the market

>> No.3765317

respond

>> No.3765321

I watched some book reviews yesterday by some guy who was obviously trying to rip off anthony's style. they sucked though

>> No.3765325

http://www.youtube.com/user/CookingTheBooksShow

>> No.3765329

>>3765321
Post it please?

I watched this one recently, a guy reviewing Tao Lin's new book

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN8h99Wp5Tw

>> No.3765333

>>3765325
I've seen the Tao Lin one and the hose doesn't seem very entertainting.

Also aren't these all interviews?

>> No.3765339

>>3765329
alright, found it
http://www.youtube.com/user/gnites88

>> No.3765347

>>3765339
Oh yeah I've seen this guy before, seems ok

>> No.3765376

>>3765308
when is he gonna release his album?

>> No.3765384

>>3765376
Didn't know he was making one

>> No.3765401

can we just turn this into a literature related website/blog thread pls?

i always struggle to find good blog about literature or sites in general

i currently look at:

neglected books
lrb
nyrb
paris review
a piece of monologue
la review of books
the millions
sun magazine
a public space
janushead

>> No.3765410

>>3765401
Brain pickings is a pretty interesting site

>> No.3765419

>>3765401

this, but for art

>> No.3765458

Anybody else seen this video before?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGn-YqC1LJA

>> No.3765543

No one's doing anything book-related on Youtube that's on par with what Fantano's doing. I don't think the viewership at large has any interest in it and the "booktubers" out there are almost entirely uninformed about literary history and interested in YA or kid's lit. It also stands to reason that books would best be discussed via text but that may not be a conversation worth having on 4chan although I'm sure people will have an interest in discussing it.

Suggested websites:
Conversational Reading
Waggish
The Quarterly Conversation
Big Other

Someone would probably like HTML Giant but I'm never interested in what they post.

>> No.3765547

There's always Michael Silverblatt though. His interviews are boss.

>> No.3765599

>>3765547
Yeah he's great but again they're all interviews and they're long as hell and he's pretty boring after a while the way he talks

>> No.3765609

>>3765599
Welp I strongly disagree but then again I've usually read the authors being interviewed. If you're not bored that Cornell University talk Silverblatt gave a few years back kicks ass. Then again most of the people on here will probably think it's crap.

>> No.3765618

>>3765609
Look I don't hate the guy and he knows his shit, but I'd rather see someone like Fantano talking about a certain book, where it fits in terms of genre or groupings of authors/ style and so on, and what might have influenced it, what references it makes to real life events, some hidden themes that appear on close reading, maybe a brief bio of hte author

>> No.3765629

>>3765618

so you want shallow analysis and pop culture references

what are you, 15?

>> No.3765637

>>3765629
Look buddy I'm getting real pissed off so you better back away.

All I said was tht Michael Silverblatt, while obviously knowing his stuff and having the capacity to uncover themes and references in a text that most readers cannot, lacks the capacity to present his analysis in an entertaining way without the author being present.

And if you say one more goddamn thing about me being young or anything like that then I swear to god you will not enjoy your day tomorrow

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3766161

>>3765637
>Look buddy I'm getting real pissed off so you better back away.
>I swear to god you will not enjoy your day tomorrow
How cute

>> No.3766184

>>3766161
i like how you call my stupid, but I've pretty much read the entire american canon.

>> No.3766227

>>3766184
Wow, that's like three books.

>> No.3766239

>>3766227

*grabs you by the throat*

back the fuck off??!!

>> No.3766281

>>3766227
>Bible
>Greek Mythology
>Shakespeare's Collected Works
Less than ten. This checks out.