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Merry Christmas
It didn’t surprise me to learn that Americans send out a billion and a half Christmas cards every year. That would have been my guess, give or take a quarter…
“Friends” vs. Friends, Twitter vs. The Long Missive
William Deresiewicz just published a long essay in the Chronicle of Higher Education that’s worth spending some time with: “Faux Friendship,” in which he traces how the concept of friendship…
What Did You Read in 2009?
Want to know what book Jonathan Lethem really enjoyed this year? How about three books that Nick Flynn liked? Dana Goodyear? Jesse Ball? Well you’re in luck, The Millions has…
Social Rumpus
Are you a fan of The Rumpus on Facebook yet? Click here and join us, you will have no regrets. Or at least not many. Twitter more your thing? Click…
“Does integrity lie in failure?”
“All of Powell’s work is moved along by language: No one else talks to you this way. No one else asks you questions like this. But more brilliant than the…
Random Media Notes
Google, Washington Post and NY Times team up to create new news tool. “Media Companies See Slower Ad Declines.” Random House restructures the Crown Publishing Group. Dan Abrams, founder of…
Rick Moody (and Others) Talk Online Publishing
“Online publication, to me, is of interest because it’s cheaper and easier to produce, thus emboldening people who want to bring their vision out into the marketplace of ideas. But…
TRUTH SERUM:
Costumed (Part 2)
Truth Serum books, in case your computer screen is broken. (Or gets broken by a complete stranger I absolutely did not hire.)
Morning Coffee
Fun fact: lobsters don’t age! Scientists want to know why your brother won’t share with you. Chip Kidd on designing Nabokov. Everyday is a good day for insect macro-photography. The…