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January 11, 2010

Two Gentlemen of Lebowski 0

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Following in the footsteps of the recent Pride, Prejudice and Zombies, the Coen Brothers’ cult movie The Big Lebowski has received the Shakespeare treatment.

January 11, 2010

Envy 0

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Robert Birnbaum asked seven indie publishers to say which titles they wish they’d published in 2009. The last sentence of the piece (from Dalkey Archive’s Martin Riker) is particularly great.

January 11, 2010

Matt Steinglass Contra Katie Roiphe 0

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According to the title of Matt Steinglass‘ new essay (a qualified rebuttal of Katie Roiphe‘s recent piece “The Naked and the Conflicted“), “Today’s Male Novelists Do Write Exuberant Sex Scenes, But Mostly Lesbian Ones“

January 11, 2010

Charles Bock Interviewed 0

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Charles Bock (Beautiful Children), in a recent interview, sounding perturbed: “Where are you right now? I’m in a writer’s room in Manhattan. There’s all these other people with their fucking computers doing their stupid little bullshit. It feels pointless. You wanna feel like it matters. It’s hard to do that when you’re in a room [...]

January 11, 2010

Ask a Book Question #76 (Good Readers, Good Readings) 7

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Suggestions for readers who really own a stage.

January 10, 2010

Jonathan Lethem’s Brooklyn 0

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Jonathan Lethem gives The Guardian a tour of his Brooklyn neighborhood.