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Isaac Fitzgerald
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Mash-Up Money
Seth Grahame-Smith is best known for his mash-up novels Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and its follow up Sense and Sensibility and Seamonsters. Well Lincoln Michel wants the world to know that he too will gladly “add monsters to any…
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“You Don’t Have to Call Me Sir”
Josh McCutchen sits down with Harvey Pekar. Learn more about The Pekar Project.
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Dead Men Tell No Tales?
Kurt Vonnegut, C.G. Jung, William Styron, and Michael Crichton all have books coming out in the next few months. They’re also all dead. From Vladimir Nabokov to David Foster Wallace, Alexandra Alter takes a look at the “new wave of…
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Health Care Links
Which Way Will Harry Reid Go On Public Option? Senator Olympia Snowe is “the only Republican in Congress” who might vote for health care reform. Washington Times spreads new health care lie. 24 Blue Dogs Have Said They Support a…
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Changes at TriQuarterly
TriQuarterly, once called “perhaps the preeminent journal for literary fiction” by the New York Times, will no longer exist as a “printed product” next year. Unfortunately this does not mean that the publication, which has been in print for over…
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The Long Ride
Everyone loves a good bike ride. But Slovenian soldier and cyclist Jure Robic doesn’t just go for bike rides, he competes in ultra marathon bicycle races like RAAM. Jure also doesn’t just love cycling, it actually makes him insane. ‘‘During…
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Gorey Stuff
Edward Gorey‘s refrigerator door contained Eclipse coffee syrup, an unopened bottle of mayonnaise, and a couple of High Lifes. Books cluttered his tv room. His license plate read OGDRED. Explore Gorey’s house through the vast collection of still photos from…
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Random Media Notes
The FBI destroys Walter Cronkite files. Nick Denton tweets about the secret behind Gawker’s biggest successes. A new study shows that print and online ‘could work in tandem.’ “France to Possibly Introduce Warning Labels for Airbrushed Photographs” Can Time Inc.…