Articles by Jacob Lambert

August 27, 2010

Again, I Ask: Are Picture Books Leading Our Children Astray? 12

The next time you’re in the supermarket, inspect a box of Alpha-Bits. What you’ll find in that milk-splashed bowl will shake you to your core.

August 11, 2010

Fourth-Grade Summer Reading: Portnoy’s Complaint 7

Portnoy complained about EVERYTHING. I probably should’ve picked Diary of A Wimpy Kid.

July 21, 2010

A Report on the Vonnegut Effect 8

Despite Breakfast of Champions’ outraged pessimism, it was quite a lot of fun. I needed more.

June 30, 2010

Not-Reading Is Fundamental 10

In the past, I’d immediately swap the book I’d just read for a new one, a literary chain-smoker. But now I take my time.

June 25, 2010

Why We Wu 5

More than any other modern act—with the exceptions, perhaps, of Miles Davis and B.B. King—The Wu Tang Clan has laid claim to nearly every corner of its genre.

May 27, 2010

On Tetris 5

Like ping-pong or fucking, the game demands a deep focus that must be both maintained and ignored; once you realize what you’re doing, you’re done.

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