2011
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Oslo in Mourning
Thousands of people in Oslo, Norway are mourning the loss of the 76 victims of anti-immigration extremist, Anders Behring Breivik’s shocking attacks last week. His plans were carefully delineated in a 1,500 page manifesto called, “2083: A European Declaration of…
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Ruminating on Murdoch’s Influence
This is a comprehensive roundup on the ways in which Rupert Murdoch’s handling of his media empire has impacted your life—via journalism, via politics, via the relationship of the public and the press. The phone-hacking scandal has prompted revelations about…
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Take A Break For Some Tabloid History
The philosophy guiding a great deal of mainstream media, that the public “likes entertainment better than it likes information,” is something I hear people gripe over when forced to watch CNN at the gym. But this isn’t an observation unique…
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Danya Glabau’s Tech Links
Contrary to popular memory, Netflix has committed several gaffes along its way to movie rental domination. Fans of the dungeon hack genre ought to be looking forward to the Diablo 3 release later this year. Anonymous is planning to spread…
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We Are All Fetishizing
Should the backlash (by some) against the move towards e-readers and digitized literature be kept…behind closed doors? An opinion piece in the NYT is convinced that arguments-by prominent politicians, historians, librarians–that digitization cheapens the experience of reading, don’t really file…
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #95
THE HAMBURGLAR ★★★★★ (3 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing the Hamburglar.
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Micro-Libraries Abound
DIY micro-libraries are the latest recession-inspired establishments to pop up around San Francisco, an awesomely affordable way to keep up on your reading. These informal mini-libraries provide an alternative to public libraries, which are perpetually at the mercy of budget-cuts,…
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Once Upon a River in Review
Once Upon a River, The Rumpus Book Club’s June selection, is reviewed in the NY Times. Bonnie Jo Campbell tells the story of Margo Crane, the mother in her first book, Q Road. Along the way she meanders around the…
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The Last Poet I Loved: Hafez
Hafez (sometimes spelled Hafiz) was an Iranian poet of the 14th century CE. His poems are still recited throughout the Middle East, and in Iran October 11 is Hafez Day. Off the top of my head, I can’t even name…
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Albums of Our Lives: Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black
Amy Winehouse was my contemporary—exactly my age, 27, when she was found dead at her London home on July 23.
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Notable New York, This Week 7/25-7/31
This week in New York Smith Magazine Six-Word Memoirs and more, Poets House Showcase Reading, BOMB Magazine issue 116 party at powerHouse Arena, The Soundtrack Series at Le Poisson Rouge, Animation Block Party, and the New York Poetry Festival on…