A Bosnian Novelist And An Irish Novelist Walk Into A Bar
If you have any doubts about the power of the novel, or its lasting cultural significance, or its transcendent ability to deepen and enrich our chaotic earthly experiences, look no…
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Swinging Modern Sounds #19: One Recent Example of Talent
“Talent” is from the Greek for a certain weight of gold, because, I suppose, people who had a lot of it seemed to be metaphorically wealthy. Here’s one example I…
Rebecca Solnit On Looting
“And in disaster after disaster, at least since the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, those in power, those with guns and the force of law behind them, are too often…
Almond on “Hysterical Lyricism” and the Splinter Generation
“Why do you think people are emailing and texting and twittering and Facebook updating in such a compulsive manner? Because they’re lonely as all hell…” The Splinter Generation has an…
Remembering Didion’s The White Album
Thirty years have passed since Joan Didion composed The White Album, her book of essays about the unsettling thrills and shadows of 1970’s LA, and by now the book’s title…
Tonight! ONE YEAR LATER in New York
The Rumpus and HTMLGIANT present ONE YEAR LATER, a celebration of the first anniversary of The Rumpus, tonight, January 21, 2010. The night will feature readings by Rivka Galchen, Tao…
Folksy Fruits – Anthropomorphic Adventures in Opal Orchard
Folksy Fruits was part of T. Benjamin Faucett’s “Moon Queen” series, which included four titles, all published in 1924. The other three books are Frolicsome Flowers: They See the Wonderful…
The Latest on Haiti
Some people in Haiti are riding out the earthquake in decent shape. Any guesses who? As we mentioned yesterday,
Morning Coffee
Passport photos of famous artists. (via MeFi.) Dinosaur comics reminds us that there are still reasons to be excited. Here is that info on exciting new Chinese infrastructure architecture you…