sunday short stack

“Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade.” - Rudyard Kipling

• An Indie Rock Alphabet Book
• Dzanc Books launch a new online literary journal: The Collagist.
• Scary freaky anti-drug ads (not for children)
• Album covers of Eastern Europe '70s pop stars (via @mikhailg)
• Don't miss the latest installment of Vermin on the Mount tonight.
• You suck at Craigslist. (via @GreatDismal)
• Literary agent Nathan Bransford put together a very helpful writing advice database.
• The 100 Essential New England Books
• The Decade's 25 Most Essential Foreign Films
• An Israeli newspaper asks authors and poets to write the news. (via @EdanL)
• The Top 10 Most Absurd Time Covers of The Past 40 Years
• Two very different quizzes: From a 2001 issue of Wired, where do you fall on the autism spectrum? From a 1933 newspaper article, are you a good husband?
• 10 Best Bookshops in the World - One down, nine to go!