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January 12, 2012
Comparing Hatchets 0
by C. Max Magee
The Omnivore has announced the shortlist for its the Hatchet Job of the Year Award, honoring “the author of the angriest, funniest, most trenchant book review of the past twelve months.” Worthy candidates all, though we note that our review, written by Holloway McCandless, of Michael Cunningham’s By Nightfall is perhaps even more trenchant than [...]
January 12, 2012
Post-40 Bloomer: Stephen Wetta’s If Jack’s in Love 1
by Michael Bourne
It may have taken Stephen Wetta 56 years to learn to write like a twelve-year-old, but it was worth the wait.
January 11, 2012
The Hobbit, Animated 1
by Nick Moran
Sure, the trailer for Peter Jackson’s adaptation of The Hobbit got everyone talking, but it’s so three weeks ago. Here’s something really fresh: a twelve-minute “animatic” version of The Hobbit produced by legendary animator Gene Deitch in 1966.
January 11, 2012
“Everything is handmade.” 2
by Nick Moran
Monologuist Mike Daisey was once devoted to Apple products. Then, one day, he “started to think, and that’s always a problem for any religion.” He began to question how his favorite products were put together, so he traveled to China with hopes of finding out. What he saw was shocking. If you own an Apple [...]
January 11, 2012
My Hour of the Star: On Clarice Lispector 3
by Magdalena Edwards
Whether through direct address or the urban intensity and flat out strangeness of the prose, the reader cannot lurk behind the book’s spine, but rather is constantly called upon.
January 11, 2012
An Irish Take on the NYC Grid 0
by Nick Moran
New York City’s municipal grid turns 200 this year. To commemorate, author and Year in Reading alumna Belinda McKeon notes the way New Yorkers utilize it as they “don’t wander so much as dart” from place to place.
