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In the New Yorker...
Jeff Wrangler:
At lunch today I read the excerpts from Mavis Gallant's diaries, about being a (literally) starving writer in Madrid in 1952 (August 9, 16 issue).
Next up will be Dexter Filkins on Afghanistan.
I don't like Dexter Flikins' or Jon Lee Anderson's articles mainly because they're too long. However, I read them anyway because I figure they're Important and also good for me. :-\
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on July 23, 2012, 01:48:26 pm ---I don't like Dexter Flikins' or Jon Lee Anderson's articles mainly because they're too long. However, I read them anyway because I figure they're Important and also good for me. :-\
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I know what you mean. The New Yorker as cod liver oil.
I feel that way, too, but I resist it. There's only so much time in the world, and consequently I'm going to have to skip a lot of worthy articles. If I'm going to cross off "Worst Hollywood hairstyles" or whatever on the internet (and I do try to be pretty conscientious about limiting that shit), then I can cross of some boring Jon Lee Anderson article, too, and skip to something that's both important and actually interesting.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on July 24, 2012, 01:24:17 am ---I know what you mean. The New Yorker as cod liver oil.
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That's exactly the image I had in mind! :laugh:
Front-Ranger:
Interesting article on foresnsic linguistics that may come in handy during the trail of James Holmes. Which is expected to drag on for years now, I hear.
Jeff Wrangler:
This just in from this morning's Metro:
Jonah Lehrer quit yesterday. Somehow it was discovered that he made up quotes from Bob Dylan for his book, Imagine: How Creativity Works.
David Remnick called it a "terrifically sad situation."
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