2011
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Chats with Random Men #14: Osama Edition
When she’s not writing music or books, Alina Simone talks with random men on Facebook. This time, about Osama bin Laden.
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Notable New York, This Week 6/27-7/03
This week in New York: Lou Reed’s take on Edgar Allen Poe; The Moth at Summerstage; Ann Curry talks with John Prendergast and Michael Mattocks; readings from Stefan Merrill Block and Alison Espach; lit journal party for Annalemma Magazine, Avery…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
On the making of a 50s neon coca-cola sign. Similarly: Eames’ Kites! Watch out for skimming asteroids today. Hella old reptiles. 50 watts delves into the worlds of pamphlets and tracts.
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The Last Book I Loved: Mathilda Savitch
I befriended this narrator immediately—not necessarily because I agreed with her, but because I believed her.
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Here Я Some Essays I Like
Every so often, I post links to a bunch of very short essays that only take a second to read but that made my day better. Hopefully, they’ll make your’s better too. “Last night, I had a little power at…
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Cheez Doodles
“These are financially troubled times for our profession … — times that test our character — and it is disheartening to learn that journalism schools are responding to this challenge by urging their students to market themselves like Cheez Doodles.”…
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Tweet Not Lest Ye Be Judged
“If you have a Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn account, you are already being judged — or will be soon. Companies with names like Klout, PeerIndex and Twitter Grader are in the process of scoring millions, eventually billions, of people on their level of influence…
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
A good morning to you! Apparently one of the best ways to get caught cheating is to use a semicolon correctly. (via) Also, you should probably know that Aldous Huxley went all mescaline in the southern California desert once. It’s…
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WELCOME TO THE TEN-IN-ONE:
The Half GirlWhat is the Ten-in-One? Just what it sounds like. Ten acts under one tent, for one low, low price. A common configuration of the carnival sideshow. So it’s ten comics, one for each act. An extraordinary collection of freakish curiosities.…