Recent Articles
February 3, 2010
In Defense of Anti-Writing 0
by Garth Risk Hallberg
Over at the handsomely redesigned Open Letters Monthly, yours truly weighs in on William T. Vollmann.
February 3, 2010
Ample Reason America is Ruined, One Good Reason it’s Not 2
by Kevin Hartnett
James Fallows thinks about government like a broken down car, such that no matter how skilled the driver or where he wants to go, he’s not going to get there. We might have been better off if that were true.
February 2, 2010
Tuesday, New Release Day 0
by C. Max Magee
Don DeLillo’s slim new volume Point Omega is out. The Wall Street Journal recently published a piece on DeLillo that explains how the movie Psycho helped inspire the book. Also new this week is Louise Erdrich’s new novel Shadow Tag
February 2, 2010
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: Recommended Reading for Transient Lives 4
by Editor
By way of starting a conversation about the ideal marriage of text and transportation, we’ve asked our contributors and readers to make reading recommendations for Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.
February 2, 2010
The Magisterial Goal 25
by James Kaelan
Soccer broadcaster Ray Hudson values hyperbole over precision. His quips, spontaneous and unedited, conflating science and art, have gained him a reputation as one of the most notorious announcers in all of sports.
February 1, 2010
Bill Watterson Speaks 0
by C. Max Magee
The Cleveland Plain-Dealer published an interview with Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson, reportedly his first since 1989. The Washington Post talked to the Plain-Dealer reporter about how he scored an interview with the reclusive cartoonist.
