Think I found my next book storage unit.

Via Inspire Me Now

I posted last week on Steady Burn that I'm in the market for a good book about boxing (many have been published). The comments and emails that followed compelled me to post a follow up, and between the two posts I now have eleven boxing books that I'm considering.

Hit the poll here (only includes the suggested reads): Read Any Good Boxing Books? (PART 2)

I plan to purchase the book that gets the most votes.

I read about 50 pages of Infinite Jest, then I gave up (lots of people do this). And yet, I felt compelled to buy David Lipski's new book, which recounts the time he spent with then 34-year old David Foster Wallace on the final leg of his Infinite Jest promo tour. I at least expect it to give me some tips on how to better interview awesome people.

Review: 'Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself...' (Los Angeles Times)

Canadian rock collective Broken Social Scene played Letterman last night. One of the guys in the band who's not Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning, and certainly not Feist wore this shirt. It might have been James Shaw from Metric. I'm bummed I can't pin-point this. Still, what's a book thug?

The description on their website goes...

BookThug’s editorial vision is to enrich and advance the tradition of experimental literature.

One of their mandates also reads...

Design books with attention to the aesthetics of the physical book object.

If you think this sounds like a thoughtful approach to publishing, I recommend you check out their website for more info.

And check out BSS's performance on Letterman:

You know you're prolific if someone is willing to list all the words you circled in your dictionary.

That's what Slate did for David Foster Wallace.

Ten of the best men writing as women in literature

Was pleased to see Nick Hornby made the list. He's branching out of late with screenplays (An Education) and musical collaborations (Ben Folds), how about another book, yeah?

I like reading books with deranged main characters; the types you're meant to feel little to almost no real compassion for - and if you commiserate with, well, you might want to reevaluate what you've got going on personally.

Characters created by the likes Brett Easton Ellis, Jay McInerny, Tama Janowitz, and more recently Jonathan Ames.

Focusing only on the 1980s, who are some of the greatest social deviants in books from that era?

Photo of Christian Bale/American Psycho via Flickr.

From a practical standpoint, by my estimation Mickey Mouse and The Marlboro Man are the top earners on this list, yet one of them is #1 and the other is ranked #18. Also, no real surprise who the top ranked 80's superhero personality is (#48). My dark horses on the list: HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey and J.R. from Dallas.

In a NY Times article, Jonathan Ames wrote of Miles Rohan, founder of the Corduroy Appreciation Club, "Had a nervous but nearly mischievous smile, which is how I would characterize him in general — a bit nervous with a taste for mischief of a certain kind. Like starting a club with corduroy as its spiritual center."

At the time of that piece in 2006, Rohan's club consisted of an impressive 832 members. In a video posted by Neatorama last week, Rohan boasts that they now retains 3,000 members worldwide. Question is, how many are planning to be at the Grand Meeting tonight? Kicking off shortly at the Montauk Club in Brooklyn, NY. Ames once served as the Keynote speaker at the event.

Visit Corduroyclub.com to learn more, as well as read some poems and see some artwork inspired by corduroy. Personally, I can only claim to have been in a band that was inspired by corduroy (the Pearl Jam song rather than the fabric).

Why during the first minute do I feel like I'm being recruited for something? Then, the book explodes and creates a vortex in the universe. I became less mesmerized when that happened.

Found via Hypebeast.