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…
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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…
The First Annual Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival
Three wisps of a line in a frame can communicate the speed of a character’s movement, the melancholy of a leaf floating to the ground, or, as in many cases,…
My Cousin Bernie
Rumpus contributor Joshuah Bearman and (coincidentally) his cousin Sarah have created a game so fun they just had to share it with the internet. My Cousin Bernie started when “Sarah…
The Road from Infinite Jest to Oscar Wao
New York Magazine‘s Sam Anderson — who is, in my opinion, a top contender for a spot on IHateYouAndIWantYourLife.com — has written a fascinating piece outlining his view of the…
Continental Divide
Kurt Caswell’s memoir describes his year teaching in a place of violence, despair, doubt… and hope.
Notre Temps
All works by Frans Masereel from Notre Temps, 1952 From the collection of Richard Sica: