2009
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TRUTH SERUM:
Costumed (Part 2)Truth Serum books, in case your computer screen is broken. (Or gets broken by a complete stranger I absolutely did not hire.)
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Morning Coffee
Fun fact: lobsters don’t age! Scientists want to know why your brother won’t share with you. Chip Kidd on designing Nabokov. Everyday is a good day for insect macro-photography. The world’s coolest subway stations. Hurray for public transportation!
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The First Annual Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival
Three wisps of a line in a frame can communicate the speed of a character’s movement, the melancholy of a leaf floating to the ground, or, as in many cases, the sweet release of flatulence.
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My Cousin Bernie
Rumpus contributor Joshuah Bearman and (coincidentally) his cousin Sarah have created a game so fun they just had to share it with the internet. My Cousin Bernie started when “Sarah wandered in to Josh’s one day and mixed up two…
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The Road from Infinite Jest to Oscar Wao
New York Magazine‘s Sam Anderson — who is, in my opinion, a top contender for a spot on IHateYouAndIWantYourLife.com — has written a fascinating piece outlining his view of the way ambitious novels have changed in the past ten years.…
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Continental Divide
Kurt Caswell’s memoir describes his year teaching in a place of violence, despair, doubt… and hope.
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FUNNY WOMEN #9: Mars/Venus for Your Fetus
Dear Future Dads, So, you’re expecting a baby (by “expecting” I mean “dreading,” and by “a baby,” I mean “the consequences of using that glow-in-the-dark condom from 1989”)! That’s wonderful!
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The Latest on Google Books
“The most ambitious solution would transform Google’s digital database into a truly public library.” “That, of course, would require an act of Congress, one that would make a decisive break with the American habit of determining public issues by private…