Columns
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On the Road Meets Strunk and White
The Great Typo Hunt chronicles the journey of two conscientious vandals, Jeff Deck and Benjamin D. Hurston, as they attempt to reform our nation’s signage. Listen to the story at Talk of the Nation.
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“PWxyz’s Most Underrated Writers”
Yesterday we mentioned Craig Morgan Teicher’s search (spurred by an asinine Huffington Post article) for “the Most Underrated Writers in America.” Craig named our own Stephen Elliott as underrated writer number one, and then encouraged readers to submit their own…
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The Silent Woman
An account of the marriage between Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller says a lot about the actress’s hygiene and sexual habits. The relationship, not so much.
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Grad School Rejections vs. Other Rejections
“1. University of Iowa vs. My rejection for entry into the Jean Jacket Club in the 3rd grade: “The jean jacket thing was worse. Sure, I would have loved to have attended U of I, are you kidding? But their…
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Notable New York, This Week 8/10 – 8/15
This week Roseanne Cash remains Composed, Mark Cohen is Beat, Martin Amis makes it to NY!, 826NYC presents Here We Go Magic with a reading by Chuck Klosterman, Brooklyn is Black and Beautiful, learn about the long life of your…
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Morning Coffee
On the one hand the world is a little less magical, on the other it’s pretty cool to understand how the Bermuda Triangle works. A little Chilean architecture porn to start your day off right. Everyone likes living wall installation…
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Eighteen Months in Love: The God of Small Things
I finished The God of Small Things in a pleathery airplane seat 30,000 feet above who-knows-where during the year and a half I lived in India as a speechwriter for an executive there.
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Rozi Talks to Rick
“I was trying to make a book that was like the books that I loved when I really started voraciously reading contemporary literature…” Our own Rozalia Jovanovic talks with author and Rumpus columnist Rick Moody about Kurt Vonnegut, horror flicks,…
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Lunch With Lydia
For admirers of The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis, those interested in Davis’ translations, or if you just like a really good peek into the life of a respected American writer, check out “Lunch With the FT: Lydia Davis.” The…
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“Who Are the Most Underrated Writers in America?”
Craig Morgan Teicher over at Publishers Weekly doesn’t want to talk about The Huffington Post’s ridiculous “Top 15 Overrated Writers” article either. But he does want to start a productive conversation, asking “Who Are the Most Underrated Writers in America?”…