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Jeremy Hatch
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Evening Cocktail
It’s been a hot day, so have a cold one. The nation’s first public library was founded on this day in 1731, when Benjamin Franklin and fifty associates pooled their books, and annual dues to buy more books, for the…
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Why Starting a Book is Hard
“As soon as we feel that the writing we are contemplating matters, our defensive system kicks in, and our fear that we can’t think well enough raises its ugly head. We are wrestled to the ground by the fact that…
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The Story of Encarta
From a New York Times article, published two months ago, about the end of the line for Encarta: “It’s hard to look at the end of the Encarta experiment without the free and much larger Wikipedia springing immediately to mind. But Encarta arguably…
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Evening Cocktail
Hope it was as beautiful today in your town as it was in mine. Had dinner yet? Dear Pork: I am in love with you. [I Made That!] An Infinite Jest concordance, to help you during Infinite Summer. [via @Fritinancy]…
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Gladwell Skewers Free
“In the middle of laying out what he sees as the new business model of the digital age Anderson is forced to admit that one of his main case studies, YouTube, ‘has so far failed to make any money for…
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Long Interview With Murakami Translated into English
The Japanese publication Yomiuri Shimbun recently published, in English, a long two-part interview with Haruki Murakami, about his most recent novel, 1Q84, the complete text of which has already sold about 670,000 copies in Japan. A full summary of the…
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Evening Cocktail
A word of explanation: because the Morning starts with Coffee, the Evening starts with a Cocktail, served promptly at half-past six by your attentive host. You can imagine the cocktail as being non-alcoholic, if you prefer; but if you choose…
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Welcome to the Night Shift
I’m an insomniac, and many times these past few months I’ve checked this site at three or four in the morning, and found that nothing had appeared since the previous evening, when it was still light out in San Francisco.…
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No, I Mean the Other Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson, the pop icon, has died, and it’s pop culture news so big, even we can’t ignore it. But although there could only be one Michael Jackson (thankfully?), there have been many people with the name “Michael Jackson” —…
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Mexico City’s “Bukowski”
Just one last quote here from First Stop in the New World, and then I promise to stop exhorting you to read the book. This passage concerns an author I hadn’t heard of, Guillermo Fadanelli, “whose novels and stories have…
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Strangelove Custard Pie
Over on The Auteurs, Glenn Kenny has published an interview with Anthony Harvey, who was Stanley Kubrick’s editor on Lolita and Dr. Strangelove. As you probably already know, the latter film ends with Peter Sellers, as the title character, getting…