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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description>A team of publishing nerds hits the subways, streets, parks &amp; bars to find out what New Yorkers are reading now. 

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nyc@coverspy.com</description><title>CoverSpy</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @coverspy)</generator><link>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>The Garlic Ballads, Mo Yan (F, 20s, tight blue and white...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8bae9911c2ec3f3ea880e09bebfb5f08/tumblr_mmwr833uAZ1qaouh8o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Garlic Ballads, Mo Yan (F, 20s, tight blue and white minidress, black felt scarf, legs daintily crossed, L train) &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/11I8dNH" target="_blank"&gt;http://bit.ly/11I8dNH&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/51000260824</link><guid>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/51000260824</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 13:40:17 -0400</pubDate><category>The Garlic Ballads</category><category>Mo Yan</category><category>F</category><category>20s</category><category>Agent Brooklina</category><category>L train</category></item><item><title>Aiden’s Charity, Lora Leigh (F, 50s, long black hair, grey...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bedc9fad76900e7035c280d8ebc187ef/tumblr_mmwr63phWN1qaouh8o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Aiden’s Charity, Lora Leigh (F, 50s, long black hair, grey trench, grey pinstripe trousers, Red Line, DC Metro) &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/11I7ZWN" target="_blank"&gt;http://bit.ly/11I7ZWN&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50995774384</link><guid>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50995774384</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:20:16 -0400</pubDate><category>Aiden's Charity</category><category>Lora Leigh</category><category>F</category><category>50s</category><category>Agent Brooklina</category><category>Red Line</category><category>DC Metro</category></item><item><title>The Human Figure, John Vanderpoel (F, 20s, tight curls, mustard...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d50669a875091f99f78d6a6d3bbf6242/tumblr_mmwrd2jV3o1qaouh8o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Human Figure, John Vanderpoel (F, 20s, tight curls, mustard yellow peacoat, black purse w white spots, L train) &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/11I8CQ3" target="_blank"&gt;http://bit.ly/11I8CQ3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50988357208</link><guid>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50988357208</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 09:46:35 -0400</pubDate><category>The Human Figure</category><category>John Vanderpoel</category><category>F</category><category>20s</category><category>Agent Brooklina</category><category>L train</category></item><item><title>We interrupt our spy reports to announce:

A new installment of...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ed65bb0f2f0c8674cfa7d99742e28ac9/tumblr_mn42b3qThu1qaouh8o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;We interrupt our spy reports to announce:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A new installment of the I Like Your Glasses series is happening.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Queer Ladies Literary Speed Dating&lt;/strong&gt;…for those who’d rather be judged by their book cover.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;June 26 at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe. Reserve your spot &lt;a href="http://www.housingworks.org/events/detail/i-like-your-glasses-queer-ladies-literary-speed-dating-with-coverspy/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Design &amp; illustration by &lt;a href="http://artsparrow.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Andrea Sparacio (artsparrow)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50923943419</link><guid>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50923943419</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:04:00 -0400</pubDate><category>I Like Your Glasses</category><category>Queer Ladies</category><category>Literary Speed Dating</category><category>Housing Works Bookstore Cafe</category><category>CoverSpy</category><category>NYC events</category><category>lgbt</category></item><item><title>The People of Forever Are Not Afraid, Shani Boianjiu (F, 30s,...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b147306c0f9f98e03fff1956ccc58c30/tumblr_mmwr2xE7fl1qaouh8o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;The People of Forever Are Not Afraid, Shani Boianjiu (F, 30s, brown jacket with nonsensical patches, NJ Transit) &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/11I7ITC" target="_blank"&gt;http://bit.ly/11I7ITC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50918671062</link><guid>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50918671062</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 13:40:06 -0400</pubDate><category>The People of Forever Are Not Afraid</category><category>Shani Boianjiu</category><category>F</category><category>30s</category><category>Agent Brooklina</category><category>NJ Transit</category></item><item><title>Less Than Zero, Bret Easton Ellis (F, 20s, bright pink nails,...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3b8e5d9b4d5c454dc6046632179751cb/tumblr_mmwqupqJws1qaouh8o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Less Than Zero, Bret Easton Ellis (F, 20s, bright pink nails, dark jeans, tan sweater, black jacket, L train) &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/11I7a06" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/11I7a06" target="_blank"&gt;http://bit.ly/11I7a06&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50913982761</link><guid>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50913982761</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 12:20:29 -0400</pubDate><category>Less Than Zer</category><category>Bret Easton Ellis</category><category>F</category><category>20s</category><category>Agent Brooklina</category><category>L train</category></item><item><title>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (F,...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/026f4ad13275eac67a43c0178fb88f17/tumblr_mn3ll13Mhm1qaouh8o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (F, 20s, white cardigan with pink sea horses, G train) &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/116AVjA" target="_blank"&gt;http://bit.ly/116AVjA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50912787802</link><guid>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50912787802</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 11:59:31 -0400</pubDate><category>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</category><category>Sir Arthur Conan Doyle</category><category>F</category><category>20s</category><category>Agent Touchdown</category><category>G train</category></item><item><title>The Sirens of Titan, Kurt Vonnegut (M, 30s, bright red ski cap,...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/411bd408b6a222afd1f3d8c6357da033/tumblr_mmwqsh0rRG1qaouh8o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Sirens of Titan, Kurt Vonnegut (M, 30s, bright red ski cap, black jeans, olive canvas messenger bag, L train) &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/11I6Zls" target="_blank"&gt;http://bit.ly/11I6Zls&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50909880810</link><guid>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50909880810</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 11:04:27 -0400</pubDate><category>The Sirens of Titan</category><category>Kurt Vonnegut</category><category>M</category><category>30s</category><category>Agent Brooklina</category><category>L train</category></item><item><title>The Typewriter Girl, Alison Atlee (F, 40s, long-sleeve purple...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3bec6fa97ef26de52b323fbc2b7519d1/tumblr_mn3oge0KCh1qaouh8o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Typewriter Girl, Alison Atlee (F, 40s, long-sleeve purple shirt, jeans, glasses, Delta Flight 2258 PDX —&gt; JFK) &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/116GWNt" target="_blank"&gt;http://bit.ly/116GWNt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50907025177</link><guid>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50907025177</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 10:05:20 -0400</pubDate><category>The Typewriter Girl</category><category>Alison Atlee</category><category>F</category><category>40s</category><category>Agent Schwa</category><category>Delta Flight 2258 PDX --</category></item><item><title>The Portable Dorothy Parker, Marion Meade (F, 20s, red...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0c3d7071818cc4bdbb1416470fb96675/tumblr_mmwqqleSVM1qaouh8o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Portable Dorothy Parker, Marion Meade (F, 20s, red sleeveless dress, round blue-framed glasses, N train) &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/11I6Pul" target="_blank"&gt;http://bit.ly/11I6Pul&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50829736609</link><guid>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50829736609</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 12:40:07 -0400</pubDate><category>The Portable Dorothy Parker</category><category>Marion Meade</category><category>F</category><category>20s</category><category>Agent Brooklina</category><category>N train</category></item><item><title>The Gambler, Fyodor Dostoevsky (F, 50s, little round glasses,...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8d26d0eba6116ba5b28d557ffa73291c/tumblr_mmwkznkw9X1qaouh8o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Gambler, Fyodor Dostoevsky (F, 50s, little round glasses, blunt cut hair, plaid shirt, M103 bus) &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/16Ci8Ff" target="_blank"&gt;http://bit.ly/16Ci8Ff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50824125478</link><guid>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50824125478</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:20:06 -0400</pubDate><category>The Gambler</category><category>Fyodor Dostoevsky</category><category>F</category><category>50s</category><category>Agent Laundry</category><category>M103 bus</category></item><item><title>On Kubrick, James Naremore (M, 30s, clean cut, black suit, red...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7e69a53a3342908f74d40d32779c4d01/tumblr_mmwdtat1cb1qaouh8o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;On Kubrick, James Naremore (M, 30s, clean cut, black suit, red tie, brown leather shoes, 4 train) &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/14sF7P2" target="_blank"&gt;http://bit.ly/14sF7P2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50738366169</link><guid>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50738366169</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 12:40:16 -0400</pubDate><category>On Kubrick</category><category>James Naremore</category><category>M</category><category>30s</category><category>Agent Daily Double</category><category>4 train</category></item><item><title>The Master Switch, Tim Wu (M, 30s, short hair, cropped beard,...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ddb05ca3b78c68c5a7637287c2eff354/tumblr_mmwdrlXw9L1qaouh8o1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Master Switch, Tim Wu (M, 30s, short hair, cropped beard, wallet in back pocket caused hole in jeans, M train) &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/14sDXTE" target="_blank"&gt;http://bit.ly/14sDXTE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50732944612</link><guid>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50732944612</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:20:15 -0400</pubDate><category>The Master Switch</category><category>Tim Wu</category><category>M</category><category>30s</category><category>Agent Daily Double</category><category>M train</category></item><item><title>Brave New World, Aldous Huxley (M, 30s, said to me “This...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2a5e5210ae27637a41c1cf5f1b8b4bbf/tumblr_mmyl5l70Ss1qaouh8o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Brave New World, Aldous Huxley (M, 30s, said to me “This conductor sounds like the teacher on Charlie Brown”, G train) &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/107KQqi" target="_blank"&gt;http://bit.ly/107KQqi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50671134808</link><guid>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50671134808</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:05:44 -0400</pubDate><category>Brave New World</category><category>Aldous Huxley</category><category>M</category><category>30s</category><category>Agent Touchdown</category><category>G train</category></item><item><title>Codependent No More, Melody Beattie (F, 20s, blonde hair with...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/023c403b9763d6512fe1b6716fc89be9/tumblr_mmwltamv831qaouh8o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Codependent No More, Melody Beattie (F, 20s, blonde hair with bangs, bright pink lips, green shirt, underlining, 6 train) &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/16CjNuq" target="_blank"&gt;http://bit.ly/16CjNuq&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50659464331</link><guid>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50659464331</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 12:40:18 -0400</pubDate><category>Codependent No More</category><category>Melody Beattie</category><category>F</category><category>20s</category><category>Agent Laundry</category><category>6 train</category></item><item><title>This Miffy Book, Dick Bruna (M, tiny baby, sitting on...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/567942f55a255abc1b5b347ec6cf6908/tumblr_mmwlgbQQM21qaouh8o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;This Miffy Book, Dick Bruna (M, tiny baby, sitting on mom’s lap, chewing on the cover, M103 bus) &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/16CiuvL" target="_blank"&gt;http://bit.ly/16CiuvL&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50655435354</link><guid>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50655435354</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 11:20:01 -0400</pubDate><category>This Miffy Book</category><category>Dick Bruna</category><category>M</category><category>tiny baby</category><category>Agent Laundry</category><category>M103 bus</category></item><item><title>The Miracle Cures of Dr. Aira, César Aira (M, 30s, glasses, navy...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/067ec074bdef7d473b15cf61488cdf96/tumblr_mmwdk6GXCX1qaouh8o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Miracle Cures of Dr. Aira, César Aira (M, 30s, glasses, navy coat, camera bag, messenger bag, weekend bag, 5 train) &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/14syDPX" target="_blank"&gt;http://bit.ly/14syDPX&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50586138883</link><guid>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50586138883</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 13:20:04 -0400</pubDate><category>The Miracle Cures of Dr. Aira</category><category>César Aira</category><category>M</category><category>30s</category><category>Agent Daily Double</category><category>5 train</category></item><item><title>The Social Animal, David Brooks (F, 20s, robin’s egg blue...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8c6fe49195dff8ed4624bd654b665d7e/tumblr_mmwahbaVfV1qaouh8o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Social Animal, David Brooks (F, 20s, robin’s egg blue nail polish, pink w/ white dots phone case, E train) &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/14snpew" target="_blank"&gt;http://bit.ly/14snpew&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50584022172</link><guid>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50584022172</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 12:40:03 -0400</pubDate><category>The Social Animal</category><category>David Brooks</category><category>F</category><category>20s</category><category>Agent Touchdown</category><category>E train</category></item><item><title>Lonely Planet New York City, Lonely Planet (F, 20s, stopped for...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d53c04f608c4f133aad38cdb0007d3cf/tumblr_mmwckyCLS41qaouh8o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lonely Planet New York City, Lonely Planet (F, 20s, stopped for a photo and clocked her friend with the camera, Broadway) &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/14svpfo" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/14svpfo" target="_blank"&gt;http://bit.ly/14svpfo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50580018471</link><guid>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50580018471</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 11:19:04 -0400</pubDate><category>Lonely Planet New York City</category><category>Lonely Planet</category><category>F</category><category>20s</category><category>Agent Brooklina</category><category>Broadway</category></item><item><title>Les Petites Crapules, Tony Garth (F, 50s, reading to friend, F...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b707e2989c505793d1321a9037d26ba7/tumblr_mmwatdHfjo1qaouh8o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Les Petites Crapules, Tony Garth (F, 50s, reading to friend, F 50s, who was helping, both w/ French accent, G train) &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/14sojrc" target="_blank"&gt;http://bit.ly/14sojrc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50577694786</link><guid>http://coverspy.tumblr.com/post/50577694786</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 10:27:38 -0400</pubDate><category>Les Petites Crapules</category><category>Tony Garth</category><category>F</category><category>50s</category><category>Agent Touchdown</category><category>G train</category></item></channel></rss>
