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“New York Times to Layoff 100 Newsroom Staffers” “Glamour, Wired Take Latest Condé Hits” (via MediaBistro) The Washington Post has been redesigned. Amy Hertz, HuffPo’s new books section editor, says…
Michelle Threadgould: The Last Zine I Loved, Cometbus #52: The Spirit of St. Louis
I grew up in San Francisco, the daughter of a man who arguably loved jazz music more than he loved me. So when I say that I grew up in…
Morning Coffee
Aakash Nihalani’s tape art. Afraid that you’re unknowingly a sexist? Regender.com is here to help. The sound of trees. Aardman Animation and the Tate are teaming up to make a…
E-Doldrums: A Book Publisher Confronts E-Books
I know e-books are a cheaper product – both to produce and consume – and I’m certain that writers do too.
Manny Farber on Sunset Boulevard
Recently I bought a copy of Farber on Film, and I’ve been flipping through it, sporadically reading here and there; last week I happened across his famous piece on Sunset…
Books, Guns, and Brains
Over at Mind Hacks they’ve got a post running called “A brain signature for literacy.” It’s covering a neuroscience study done that shows “how the structure of the brain changes…
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #6
PORCUPINES ★★★★★ (3 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing porcupines.
Not-So-Ancient History
A first novel set in modern Zimbabwe begins: “Two days after I turned fourteen the son of our neighbor set his stepmother alight.”
Still Bored to Death?
Jonathan Ames has a great blog about his HBO TV series Bored to Death. In this post he talks about the irony of engaging in an S&M session with his…