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February 3, 2010

Fish N a Barrel 0

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The Vault chooses the “20 Worst Hip-Hop Album Covers”. Sorry, South Coast Shorty.

February 3, 2010

The Brits Are Wrong… 0

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If you’re not watching Masterpiece Theatre’s toothsome Emma on Sundays, Jane Austen enthusiasts, you should be. No zombies. We promise.

February 3, 2010

In Defense of Anti-Writing 0

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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 3

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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

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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

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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.