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#FridayReads: What the Black Balloon Publishing Team is Reading This Week
#FridayReads: What the Black Balloon Publishing Team is Reading This Week
By Black Balloon Publishing
June 20, 2014

Women by Bukowski, an oral history of Street Fighter II, Didion’s Slouching Towards Bethlehem — how is it that we’re even friends?

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Black Balloon Publishing's Favorite Culture Blogs
Black Balloon Publishing's Favorite Culture Blogs
By Black Balloon Publishing
June 18, 2014

Your list of must-check websites just got a little longer.

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“Bungalow 89” by James Franco: A Line-by-Line Edit
“Bungalow 89” by James Franco: A Line-by-Line Edit
By Arvind Dilawar
June 12, 2014

Gordon Lish got to work with Raymond Carver. We’re stuck with Franco.

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Dear James Franco: Please Don’t Write What You Know
Dear James Franco: Please Don’t Write What You Know
By Genna Rivieccio
June 12, 2014

It’s hard to nail down everything that’s wrong with Franco’s new short story, but we’re sure going to try.

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Voices from the Past: Old-School Authors Reading on Youtube
Voices from the Past: Old-School Authors Reading on Youtube
By George Dobbs
June 03, 2014

Yeats, Tolkien, Woolf — YouTube is a time capsule of authors’ voices you probably never thought you’d ever hear.

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Say Cheese: Our 10 Favorite Authors on Instagram
Say Cheese: Our 10 Favorite Authors on Instagram
By Adina Applebaum
April 16, 2014

Gary Shteyngart, Tao Lin, Dani Shapiro and the rest of the writers on this list might not be the best at Instagram, but they are trying, and for that they have our hearts.

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Black Balloon Publishing’s 10 Favorite Food Blogs
Black Balloon Publishing’s 10 Favorite Food Blogs
By Black Balloon Publishing
April 07, 2014

The only thing we love more than eating is writing about eating.

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Digital Graffiti: Making Art on Twitter
Digital Graffiti: Making Art on Twitter
By Justin Glawe
March 20, 2014

Jonny Fox uses the microblogging platform to inject art into the babel of social media.

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15 Fantastic Audiobooks Available for Free Online
15 Fantastic Audiobooks Available for Free Online
By Jake Flanagin
March 06, 2014

Jane Austen, Oscar Wilde, F. Scott Fitzgerald — it’s all here for the taking.

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By Black Balloon Publishing
March 05, 2014

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