Sun, Sand and Substance
Looking for beach reads? The Atlantic asked a number of trusted writers and readers, including Sash Frere-Jones, Emily Gould, and Rumpus editor Stephen Elliott, to recommend books “that live up…
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Get Your Sugar From the Source
Cheryl Strayed has a collection of her wildly popular Dear Sugar columns, some never before published, coming out in one week. The book is called Tiny Beautiful Things, and it is…
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“Like the market for skin care products, the market for credentials is inexhaustible: as the bachelor’s degree becomes democratized, the master’s degree becomes mandatory for advancement. Our elaborate, expensive system…
Margaret Atwood on the Internet
Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaiden’s Tale, the last book Jenna Le loved, tells us about writing with the internet as part of PEN’s Dialogue Series. “For me the experience of…
The End of the World, and of Sixth Grade
On Fresh Air, Maureen Corrigan reviews The Age of Miracles, a new novel by Karen Thompson Walker about “the slowing” of the world, told by an eleven year old girl, Julia. “Sure,…
Lost In Translation
Prospero brings to light the homogeneous nature of American and British book markets, remarking: “When it comes to international literature, English readers are the worst-served in the Western World.” Only…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Let’s all look in on the fire devastation FROM SPACE. Today is famous dead people doing things: Einstein on the beach and Proust playing air guitar. There is nothing quite…
The Gideon’s Bible, Kindle Edition
If you left your favorite religious text at home on your next business trip to Newcastle, don’t sweat it. The Hotel Indigo Newcastle is swapping all their bed stand Gideon’s…
“The Well-Hung Boy Next Door”
In a GQ profile of James Deen, Wells Tower explores the secrets to the porn star’s sexual talent and industry success both on and off set, and argues that he…
Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me
“I’m sure someone out there has a workable solution. But what do I know? I make comic books and write about jazz. I do know the difference between right and…
The Endless Hustle
“Busyness serves as a kind of existential reassurance, a hedge against emptiness; obviously your life cannot possibly be silly or trivial or meaningless if you are so busy, completely booked,…