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January 10, 2012

Sailing on the Open Sea: John Updike’s Higher Gossip: Essays and Criticism 1

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The collection focalizes Updike’s mid-to-late career as a man of letters. It also foregrounds his secondary reputation as a consummate art critic.

January 9, 2012

Gold in the New Millennium 0

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Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned author Wells Tower tracks the Klondike’s modern gold rush in his typically comprehensive way.

January 9, 2012

Orbital Vacations 0

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Looking for a place to burn those vacation days? How about outer space, or one of the other 44 places tapped by The New York Times?

January 9, 2012

Orhan Pamuk’s Unlikely New Role  0

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Turkish media’s attempts to trivialize dissidents by focusing on their private lives has a touch of the News of the World scandal about it.

January 9, 2012

Behind the Longreads 1

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On January 25th, if you’re in New York City, you could do worse than to listen to a handful of New York Magazine editors discuss non-fiction storytelling. The event is being held in conjunction with Longreads and Housing Works Bookstore Café.

January 9, 2012

Walking the Cigar 0

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We all have our obsessions. A friend of mine moved to New York City about a year ago and has made it his mission to catch a glimpse of Gay Talese taking his cigar for a walk. He’s been unsuccessful thus far.