There Will Be Blood — and Power Ups
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2010
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Jennifer Murray: The Last Book I Loved, The Physics of Imaginary Objects
It is late and I don’t know who I am anymore. My old life has been squeezed into an 8×10 square foot storage unit in Harlem and, barely two weeks…
Notable San Francisco, This Week: 11/29-12/5
This week in San Francisco, booze for a cause at Drink Good Do Good, come hang out with me at this month’s Quiet Lightning, two words: Cinema Orgy, Booksmith’s first…
Wikileaks Embassy Cables Roundup
The decision by Wikileaks to release over 250,000 US Embassy cables is a threat to democracy. Or it’s no big deal. Or there’s nothing really surprising in there. Or it…
Come Away With Me
After the publication of Gomorrah, a journalistic and autobiographical work that focused on and infuriated Naples’ Camorra crime syndicate, author Roberto Saviano entered into 24 hour protective surveillance and a…
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #63
GLUE TRAPS ★★★★★ (3 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing glue traps.
“Any liquor, narcotics, tobacco, firearms, or explosives?”
The New Yorker has dusted off a “selection of airport-security cartoons” dating back to 1938. (via TheMillions)
Chats with Random Men #10: The Return of Kleber
Alina’s old friend Kleber returns for a random Facebook chat, this time with a little surprise.
Ylajali Hansen: The Last Book I Loved, The Driver’s Seat
It was in Crete that I first came to curse short skirts. Six of them — three cotton, two denim — I had with me in a navy blue American…
Notable New York, This Week 11/29 – 12/5
This week in New York Colm Tólbín brings Henry James to us, Furnace Press Decomposes, Jonathan Franzen returns home, Sex workers share their family tales, Myla Goldberg gets crafty, Classic…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
The year is almost over, so I guess it is time to look at the year’s best bioscapes. Can we take a moment to discuss David Lynch’s pop music career?…
The Victorian MFA Debate
The next time you get into a debate over the value of a creative writing MFA, try this handy visualization exercise: imagine that everyone involved is wearing a monocle.