Finding Freedom
We never want something more than when it has been taken away from us. The opposite of freedom is confinement.
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Posts Tagged: Hell
James Franco’s Face: A Subjective Account of the New Yorker Festival
Friday October 16, the New Yorker opened its annual weekend festival of readings, conversations, art tours and musical performances. This is my account of the events I attended, which included among others a talk with Malcolm Gladwell, readings by George Saunders, Gary Shteyngart and Jonathan Franzen, a musical performance by Neko Case and a conversation […]
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It’s been a real humdinger of a week at Rumpus Books. Come see what we have.
...moreWhere Celebrities Go to Die
Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler takes a crack at the underworld in a hit-and-miss new novel.
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