“Oscars take a pass on people of color.”
“Setting aside the more obscure, technical categories, when it comes to the best picture award along with the major nominations for acting, writing and directing, there are, ahem, zero people…
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Isaac Fitzgerald
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Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and was once given a sword by a king, thereby accomplishing three out of five of his childhood goals. Formerly of The Rumpus and McSweeney’s and most recently the founding editor of BuzzFeed Books, Isaac is now the co-host of BuzzFeed News’ Twitter Morning Show, #AMtoDM. He also appears frequently on The Today Show to talk books, and is co-author of Pen & Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them and Knives & Ink: Chefs and the Stories Behind Their Tattoos (with Recipes) (winner of an IACP award), and the author of a YA novel and picture book forthcoming from Bloomsbury. He uses Twitter.
This Isn’t an Onion Article
NYU Professor Joseph Weiler, editor of the European Journal of International Law‘s website, is being “sued for running a negative book review.” (via PW)
Rate of Loss
“For the second year in a row, the U.S. military has lost more troops to suicide than it has to combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.”
July in Utah
“A man in his underwear banged on his hotel window while I was being interviewed outside. When I looked up he pressed his whole body against the glass.” Miranda July…
Deus Ex Machina Hits Shelves
Rumpus Books editor Andrew Foster Altschul’s latest novel (and recent Rumpus Book Club pick), Deus Ex Machina, is now available at your local independent bookseller.
Harlem is Everywhere
The New York Times runs a long excerpt from Sharifa Rhodes-Pitt’s excellent first book, Harlem is Nowhere, along with a review. NPR also dives in, calling the book “a pilgrimage,…
Chen Sah: Suicide Stopper
Meet Chen Sah, “an odd and unlikely angel” who does his best to deter those attempting to throw themselves off the Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing, China. (via MeFi)
“Pissing” on Borges
“Jorge Luis Borges was possibly the greatest Spanish-language writer of the 20th century, but the Chilean author Eduardo Labarca felt the best tribute a fellow writer could pay would be…
Paying for NYTimes.com
“Under the new system, expected to be rolled out next month, the Times will sell an Internet-only subscription for unlimited access to the Times site, as well as a broader…
Tried as an Adult?
“Will an 11-year-old get life in prison for murder?” The stunning case of Jordan Brown. (via MeFi)
Toyo Shibata
The story of Toyo Shibata, a 99-year-old Japanese poet whose first collection, Don’t be Too Frustrated, is a bestseller. The success of Shibata’s work is all the more fascinating, given…