James Frey’s new book gets a rave. [NYT]
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Do You Believe In Second Chances?
May 12, 2008Well Done Slate
May 1, 2008Gen-Y Really is Medium Agnostic
March 7, 2007
I’m pretty excited for the film adaptation of The Namesake, which comes out on Friday. If you haven’t read any Jhumpa Lahiri, her last story for the New Yorker, Once in a Lifetime, is a good place to start. Some reading advice: Don’t forget your stop on the subway.
P.S. If anyone does read this story and wants to discuss at length Lahiri’s use of the second person reader and the moral ambivalence of the story, let me know.
Woof, Woof
October 24, 2006
My parents are getting a dog! We don’t have a name yet. My mom wants Velázquez but would settle for Degas. (I know.) My brother and I like Federer and my dad would be happy with Fido. I would push Scissors, but I didn’t like Seize the Day enough. Any suggestions?
Missing Fiji
September 11, 2006
Well, Duh
July 5, 2006
I get the idea of this image. Instead of just observing the president, we’re going to observe people observing the president. It was a cool concept back in 2004, but now I’ve seen some variation of this picture about a dozen times. Can we go back to pre-meta photojournalism?
It Was All a Lie
July 5, 2006
Mavis Beacon was just a logotype persona Broderbund used to move typing programs.
I wonder why marketers chose an innocuous black woman for a personal touch. Wouldn’t a sassy gay man do just as well?
