“the allure of those soft, silky nights”
Pablo Medina, author of Cuban City Blues, tells us about his nostalgia for 1950s Havana, restored by Guillermo Cabrera Infante’s novel Tres Tristes Tigres. “The language sizzles and sparkles and…
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Protecting Your Writing From Type-Crimes
Are you unable to shake a nagging feeling that your typeface hasn’t been looking as “crisp and harmonious” as you’d like recently? Does your writing suffer from poor kerning, or…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
I’ve been out of town, but I’m back now and I promise that everything will be ok (thanks to everyone who filled in). Everybody, say hello to the newest (very…
Erotic Little Women
OR Books will soon publish Fifty Shades of Louisa May: A Memoir of Transcendental Sex, which gives Alcott, who “probably didn’t have much erotica in her life” “a second chance at sex.”…
“Heck yes I’m willing to do this, I love peanut butter!”
Have you been searching for a collection of peanut-butter related news to no avail? Look no further: There’s a peanut-butter craving thief on the prowl in Ohio, who comes into…
INHERITANCE IN THE AGE OF THE E-BOOK
“Among all the gifts of the electronic age, one of the most paradoxical might be to illuminate something we are beginning to trade away: the particular history, visible and invisible,…
FUNNY WOMEN #81: xo, The Intern’s Mom
Gary’s excited to start his week-long internship at Lanson Corp tomorrow! We can’t thank you enough for this opportunity—and for the doors it will open after college.
Day After Tomorrow
The Tomorrow Magazine team reached their funding goal within five hours of launching a Kickstarter yesterday. Congrats! Tomorrow is continuing to accept donations in order to pay contributors, fund design,…
Making Sense of the “Floating Cultural Stew”
Over at the L.A. Times, David Ulin argues that the art of the contemporary essay is “in a renaissance.” He praises the recent essay collections of Tom Bissell and Mark…
Believer Week
Subscriptions to The Believer are $5 off all week long in celebration of their upcoming 2012 music issue. The issue features a free cassette tape (and digital download) curated by…
“I WILL NOT MAKE ANY BORING ART”
If you ever wanted to hear the three things John Baldessari thinks every young artist should know, you ought to watch this six-minute film of his life story. And if that’s…
Alan Moore, Filmmaker
Alan Moore, author of Watchmen, among many other novels, has announced that he’s in the process of making a series of “occult, noir-flecked” short films called Show Pieces. They’ll premiere…