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August 18, 2009

It’s a Mad Mad Mad Men World 3

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Draper without a double life just wouldn’t be Draper.

August 18, 2009

Dispatches from Vilnius: Regarding Language, Genre, and the Capital of Culture 0

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Out of nothing comes language and out of language comes nothing and everything. I know there will be stories. Certainly there will always be stories.

August 17, 2009

Let the Wild Rumpus Begin 0

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Dave Eggers shares the skinny on his forthcoming Where the Wild Things Are project – including an excerpt of the novel and the killer trailer for the movie version – with The New Yorker.

August 17, 2009

#onenovel 0

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Twitter fans: Our book question has spawned a mini-twitter trend: #onenovel. Join in!

August 17, 2009

John Ashbery Poem Spans Bridge in Minneapolis 0

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There’s a pedestrian bridge spanning Hennepin Avenue in Minneapolis that features a John Ashbery poem written on its steel beams.  This is a fabulous slideshow of photos showing the poem. Via been thinking.

August 17, 2009

Summer of My Discontent 13

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Sometimes I read a novel that drags and before long I have spurned books in favor of internet television, Calvin and Hobbes, and puerile blogs.