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2010
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On the Road Meets Strunk and White
The Great Typo Hunt chronicles the journey of two conscientious vandals, Jeff Deck and Benjamin D. Hurston, as they attempt to reform our nation’s signage. Listen to the story at Talk…
“PWxyz’s Most Underrated Writers”
Yesterday we mentioned Craig Morgan Teicher’s search (spurred by an asinine Huffington Post article) for “the Most Underrated Writers in America.” Craig named our own Stephen Elliott as underrated writer…
The Silent Woman
An account of the marriage between Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller says a lot about the actress’s hygiene and sexual habits. The relationship, not so much.
Grad School Rejections vs. Other Rejections
“1. University of Iowa vs. My rejection for entry into the Jean Jacket Club in the 3rd grade: “The jean jacket thing was worse. Sure, I would have loved to…
Notable New York, This Week 8/10 – 8/15
This week Roseanne Cash remains Composed, Mark Cohen is Beat, Martin Amis makes it to NY!, 826NYC presents Here We Go Magic with a reading by Chuck Klosterman, Brooklyn is…
Morning Coffee
On the one hand the world is a little less magical, on the other it’s pretty cool to understand how the Bermuda Triangle works. A little Chilean architecture porn to…
Eighteen Months in Love: The God of Small Things
I finished The God of Small Things in a pleathery airplane seat 30,000 feet above who-knows-where during the year and a half I lived in India as a speechwriter for an executive…
Rozi Talks to Rick
“I was trying to make a book that was like the books that I loved when I really started voraciously reading contemporary literature…” Our own Rozalia Jovanovic talks with author…
Lunch With Lydia
For admirers of The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis, those interested in Davis’ translations, or if you just like a really good peek into the life of a respected American…