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Nikita Schoen
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“Who the hell is interested, anyway?”
In 1957, Truman Capote had done it again. Written for The New Yorker, “The Duke in His Domain” dissolved the absolute mystery surrounding Marlon Brando. And of course, it was Capote, and The New Yorker, so the writing was rich as chocolate…
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Film: not just for popcorn anymore
Whether you are obsessed with film and its theoretical and historical aspects, or simply enjoy overhearing a brilliant conversation between two intensely analytical people, boy, have we got a treat for you: Greil Marcus interviewing David Thomson about everything from…
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Playing Telephone with Poetry
It was inevitable, in our day and age, we guess, that the world of classical translation would look over at the world of the colloquial, bite-sized, social network-friendly format and go, “hm…” Over at The Millions, Magdalena Edwards braves Brooklyn,…
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It’s the thought that counts
We recently got some love from The Well-Read Wife! Mandy includes a membership to our book club on her list of 10 Things To Buy A Book Lover. Thanks, Mandy! Finally, shy bookworms everywhere can stop getting jars of cheese popcorn…
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In the cage, the Music soothes
Funding for the arts is hard to come by these days. Ever wonder what it’s like for the folks in prison, and those who work with prisoners, who can see the positive effects of music, drawing, painting, writing and all…
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Eve Ensler wants you to rise
The Nation features a very knowledgeable and loving essay by Laura Flanders about the inimitable Eve Ensler (author of The Vagina Monologues), her work, and her movement One Billion Rising. OBR is a massive movement which hopes to take a…
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The Loft Kid strikes the soul
The New Yorker features an excerpt from Jonathan Lethem’s gorgeous, poetic ode (at times loving, at times sharp, at times you’re not sure) to Andy Warhol and the scene, sense and phenomenon the “Loft Kid” created and left behind. I’ll…
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The Boys Who Grow to be Good
Over at the Los Angeles Review of Books, Sarah Mesle writes a thoughtful essay about the idea, and complications, of manhood as presented in Young Adult literature. “Why is it that in YA literature — a genre generated entirely to…
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Cheryl Strayed’s Wild: another exciting development!
It looks like the movie adaptation of our very own Cheryl Strayed‘s bestselling memoir Wild is moving along quite nicely. Not only has Wild garnered the interest of Reese Witherspoon, who is set to star, but Strayed has said Nick Hornby…
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“I was young just minutes ago”
The latest issue of The Believer features an excellent interview with Maurice Sendak, conducted before his death in May. And because they are very, very nice people they’ve made it available online. Talk about quote-ables, this one’s full of ’em. If you don’t print…
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One of Those Domino Effect Discoveries
HTMLGIANT linked to Electric Literature’s Recommended Reading (you should subscribe for some free weekly fiction!), which featured an excerpt from Sam Pink’s imminent novel, Rontel. HTML featured a smaller lick of it, but then we clicked over to the longer excerpt, and…
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“Whither Feminism?”
At the Los Angeles Review of Books, Jack Halberston discusses the new wave of feminism crashing down upon the 21st century. While introducing his new book, Gaga Feminism: Sex, Gender and the End of Normal (and we’re all for an end to Normal!), he…