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March 11, 2010
Tiny and Strange: Reinterpreting Alice 0
by Arielle Bernstein
Perhaps Lewis Carroll’s original story worked because it wasn’t about what it meant to be a woman at all. Instead, it was about a particular girl and her particularly curious adventures into a world of nonsense so unique there still hasn’t been a film version which has really done it justice.
March 10, 2010
Congrats Lydia! 0
by C. Max Magee
Congratulations to Millions contributor Lydia Kiesling whose thoughtful essay “Proust’s Arabesk: The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk” was named a finalist for the 3quarksdaily Arts & Literature Prize. And thanks to all the Millions readers who voted for our essays in the first round of the contest.
March 10, 2010
A First for The Second Pass 0
by C. Max Magee
The Second Pass marks its first anniversary with a bunch of writers championing their favorite out-of-print books. Happy Anniversary! (For more out-of-print recommendations see our collection of gems from last year.)
March 10, 2010
DFW, Viking Enthusiast 1
by Garth Risk Hallberg
The New Yorker gives us a glimpse of the David Foster Wallace papers just sold to the Harry Ransom Center, including the youthful “Viking Poem.”
March 10, 2010
Betting on the Blind Side 0
by Garth Risk Hallberg
We’ve been tracking excerpts from Michael Lewis‘ just-released The Big Short for a while now; the latest, fascinating installment is at Vanity Fair.
March 10, 2010
The Ongoing Reconsideration of Dave Eggers 0
by C. Max Magee
The Guardian offers a long, worthwhile profile of Dave Eggers, who suddenly is being considered and reconsidered seemingly everywhere. “The McSweeney’s empire… often gets characterised as a kind of cabal: a hip, young gang. [Eggers] and [wife Vendela] Vida, whose writerly circle includes Nick Hornby, Rick Moody, Jonathan Lethem and Joyce Carol Oates, tend [...]
