2014
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States of Mystery
The solution is that there is no good answer. There are no rules. A family member is lost. Friends disappear.
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A Chaucer Christmas
To the sound of silver trumpets, knokke thrice on the doore. When thy distant relaciouns emerge, present them publiquely wyth the gifte of a fullye-funded pilgrimage to the locacioun of their choyce. NPR shares some old school holiday wysdom from…
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Birdwatching
Over at Grantland, Mark Harris looks back on the stories Hollywood told this year, why marquee films are gridlocking the industry, and what that sort of thing can do to your head: “I did not begin 2014 by imagining that the…
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Getting Drunk with Bob Cratchit
Charles Dickens loves a good punch, and the alcoholic concoctions make appearances in many of his novels. The perhaps least fortunate of his characters, Bob Cratchit, drinks a punch made of gin and lemon. Although the text only refers to…
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2014, THE YEAR IN REVIEW
★★★★★ Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing 2014.
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A Brief History of James
Brook Stephenson’s nabbed an interview with Marlon James—the two chat about Salman Rushdie, the black hobbit argument, and the difference between The Book You Want to Write and The Book You Think You Should Write: “I read lots of great…
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The Perfect Last-Minute Gift!
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Weekend Rumpus Roundup
In the Saturday Essay, Devin O’Neill considers the dual nature of the male feminist, looking back not-so-fondly on the desire to “lash out” against an unforgiving world during high school and junior high. O’Neill used “nerd” and “goth” identities to…
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Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, the Early Years
‘Marriage is my medium,’ he wrote. ‘You have no idea what a happy life Sylvia and I lead.’ Salon has an exclusive look into the early (and happy) days of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes.
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I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
Angela Yuen reviews I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson today in Rumpus Books.
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Santa’s Little Helper
Santa’s elves spend all year manufacturing low-cost holiday decorations to bring Westerners Christmas cheer. The only problem? They aren’t elves, but Chinese factory workers. The Guardian explores life in the Chinese “Christmas Village” responsible for 60% of the world’s holiday…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Another day another couple of recaps. 2014 in great sentences and award winning nature photography. You guys, NASA just emailed a wrench to outer space. Maybe pollution is causing an increase in autism. Maybe a lot of things. The yule…