Ronald Johnson’s copy of The Poetical Works of John Milton, 1892, which he used to create his Radi os.
(via theparisreview)
Source: myimaginarybrooklyn
Puttering. Stuttering.
Guys, remember in June of last year when The New York Times ran this story about “the art of puttering,” and then this past week, New York Magazine ran basically the same story all over again?
My Favorite Time of Year:
When NYT Magazine’s Sam Anderson wraps up his year in marginalia:
On Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84:
“Has any author made more fictional phones ring?”
On Joan Didion’s “The White Album”:
“People who accuse Didion of being humorless are insane: she’s hilarious, in a v. strange way.”
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My own personal copy of Cesar Aira’s Ghosts is full of the check marks, stars, and occasionally the phrase “Zing!”, most often when he digresses on television.
What are the gems from the margins from of your books?
Source: The New York Times
