February 2012
Feb 9th
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No. →
Feb 9th
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"She hates publicity" →
Lead story in this weekend’s NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Feb 9th
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"Mr. Riedel’s bio in the pamphlet for the event... →
Riedel, owning it.
Feb 1st
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Feb 1st
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January 2012
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Jan 31st
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Growth.
The me of two years ago would have spent the day scribbling “In Defense of Smash” notes for a piece that, while accepted in pitch form, would miss its pilot-airing deadline and a few more, never seeing completion, and thankfully so.
Jan 30th
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Jan 28th
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Jan 25th
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Jan 23rd
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Jan 19th
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JK, you guys.
Jan 14th
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Jan 14th
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“Not everyone wants you to save them. Or be in your hypothetical band.”
– Ivyland, Miles Klee.
Jan 13th
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Jan 11th
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"(“O.M.G.” said Kat Dennings at this... →
Jan 11th
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“I must admit I was initially put off by the book’s marketing juggernaut,...”
– Nathanael West biographist Joe Woodward on Joan Didion’s Blue Nights.
Jan 11th
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Jan 10th
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Jan 6th
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Jan 5th
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Jan 4th
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December 2011
“From that point onward I never worked a regular office job again, solely writing...”
– Lucking Out, James Wolcott
Dec 30th
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"Most people were nursing $2 Brooklyn Lagers,... →
millionsmillions party report: Occupy! The Book by Rachel Hurn
Dec 19th
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Dec 15th
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Justin Taylor on IVYLAND
orbooks: Ivyland is a harsh, spastic novel about drug-addled misfits clawing their way through a wrecked future that feels disconcertingly familiar. As if that wasn’t enough, it’s also got evil caterpillars, flung jellyfish, great prose, new drugs, sharp jokes, a stolen ice cream truck and a miracle tree. — Justin Taylor Pre-order I V Y L A N D here (and get 20% off if you order it before...
Dec 12th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 7th
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Dec 5th
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Dec 5th
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Dec 2nd
Dec 1st
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November 2011
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Nov 23rd
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Nov 22nd
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Nov 22nd
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Nov 16th
Nov 16th
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“I don’t think traditional publishing is breaking down. I think it’s...”
– John Oakes.
Nov 16th
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silver lining
Matt and his dad can talk for hours about football alone, and most Sundays, I’m bemused (and enraged) when the phone rings and I hear it go on and on. Today’s conversation has segued into the Penn State scandal, and he’s in another room now, ignoring the game (!), dissecting their mutual outrage (about everything but the firing, obviously). I wonder if this is happening between other...
Nov 13th
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Nov 13th
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Nov 11th
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Nov 10th
Uncovering fraud in the international adoption... →
Nov 10th
Blue Nights, Joan Didion →
lazybookreviews: I do not think it shares the quality of her previous works of non-fiction. It is not, however, the sort of book it seems appropriate to critique, so I have no interest in attempting it.
Nov 9th
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“Aw, he’s gotten so big!” “Yeah. He’s growing like a weed.”
Nov 9th
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Nov 7th
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Nov 6th
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Nov 4th
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October 2011
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Oct 29th
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