February 2012
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“Before my son, Lev’s, 6th birthday, we asked him if he’d like us to do anything...”
– From “A Mustache for My Son” by Etgar Keret, in The New York Times
Feb 24th
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Something out of Something: Only One Week Left... →
If you’re creative. And you like winning. somethingoutofsomething: Four months ago, BOMB magazine and FSG Originals announced the Something out of Something art and design contest. And now we’re down to the final seven days. We’re looking for the best in any kind of visual art inspired by or incorporating the work of Etgar Keret. At stake? $500 A chance to have your work appear in an...
Feb 24th
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“Spinoza wrote his Ethics in Latin, a language nobody spoke anymore, using a...”
– Leonard Michaels, “Writing About Myself”
Feb 24th
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Feb 23rd
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Feb 23rd
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J. K. Rowling's writing a novel for adults.... →
Feb 23rd
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Feb 23rd
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If you can spare $14K, get thee to eBay and bid on... →
Feb 23rd
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Feb 22nd
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“…you have to keep on trying to do. You have to be willing to realize that what...”
– Zadie Smith, November 22, 2010 (via livefromthenypl) I love that last line. 
Feb 22nd
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Cormac McCarthy Hates Semicolons
…And other revelations from the recent news of his new copy editing gig. He’s pretty harsh about exclamation points, too: The novelist’s corrections appear to be more literary than scientific. In addition to suggested some rephrasing, Mr. Krauss, said, Mr. McCarthy “made me promise he could excise all exclamation points and semicolons, both of which he said have no place in...
Feb 22nd
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ListenJonathan Franzen talks about Edith Wharton and the...
Feb 22nd
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Feb 22nd
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Feb 22nd
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Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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1970s New York as Innovation Mecca
Brain Pickings frames Will Hermes’ book in terms that would make Steven Johnson smile: Though historically fascinating and an absolute treat for music geeks and New York lovers alike, Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever is at its heart about creative entrepreneurship, about “people taking the lousy hands they’d been dealt and dreaming them...
Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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doodlersrevue asked: Any words of wisdom for a wannabe writer?
Feb 21st
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WatchWatch
Worth it for the Franzen mention alone.
Feb 21st
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Feb 19th
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Feb 18th
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Feb 17th
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Paul Muldoon is in a rock band. Not only that, but... →
Feb 17th
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Feb 17th
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Feb 17th
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Michael Cunningham on Translation
“As the author of Las Horas, Die Stunden and De Uren — ostensibly the Spanish, German and Dutch translations of my book The Hours, but actually unique works in their own right — I’ve come to understand that all literature is a product of translation. That is, translation is not merely a job assigned to a translator expert in a foreign language, but a long, complex and even profound series of...
Feb 17th
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Feb 16th
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Feb 16th
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“Memory belongs to the imagination. Human memory is not like a computer that...”
– Alain Robbe-Grillet in the Paris Review
Feb 16th
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