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David McConnell: The Last Book I Loved, The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry
I’m always hunting for great nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century histories. Something about those rolling, periodic sentences, the lofty diction, the Olympian “great man” narratives gives the books an air of…
Morning Coffee
Today is Christmas Eve and even though some of us are of the chosen people we’re taking it easy for the next few days because we deserve it! (Morning Coffee…
Joe Strummer Pissed Off
“Well you tell me… How about life and death? Nevermind who pukes on stinking carpets.”
I Joke Therefore I Am
“The latest memoir of the 2008 Presidential campaign is a fake book about fake events by a fake political operative.” Rachel Weiner reviews Dan Mirvish and Eitan Gorlin’s metaphysical humor…
The Gift of Education
“Now Valentino’s school is beginning to operate in the town of Marial Bai — a modern high school serving students from thousands of square miles. It had a soft opening…
Normal People Don’t Live Like This
“She wonders if sex is like math, like if you make a man want to eat your hair or go too far, does it follow that you balance the equation…