Attempting to get Classy
From J. Peterman
Recipes for Literature: Daphne du Maurier’s Cheddar Chive Tea-Time Scones
By Cara Nicoletti The other day it poured. Cold, beating, half-snow December rain. After showering off the chill when I got home, I flopped down on my bed and prepared to sleep the rest of the afternoon away. But instead, I looked up at my bookshelf and noticed a copy of Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca, a novel I hadn’t read since the ninth grade. My mom put a copy of it on my pillow all those years ago in an […]
James Yeh Drank the Kool-Aid, but Redemption Maybe at Hand
James Yeh: Founding Editor of Gigantic Magazine, silky smooth dancer, and guy who puts Vecktamist by Grizzly Bear at the top of his best of list over at Big Other. Okay, James, I love you man, but how could you put that snoozer above things like Sam Lipsyte’s story in Harpers, the Real Estate album on Woodsist, and Bolaño’s The Skating Rink? Fair warning, I’m tracking you to the Literary Death Match that you are scheduled to take part in […]
Andy Borowitz Uncovers More Shocking Truths About Obama
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – President Barack Obama’s decision to wish Jews around the world a happy Hanukkah in Hebrew has added more fuel to the movement of the so-called Birthers, who now claim that Mr. Obama was born in Israel.
Dear Dan From Gossip Girl,
I’ve never seen an episode of your popular television program, but judging on your “picks” for top books of 2009, I think it’s safe to say that you might be my favorite character on the show.
Non Gender-Biased Dudes of the Year
Sure, Ben Bernake won Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year”, but who should win our prestigious “Non Gender-Biased Dude of the Year” award for 2009? Dave Eggers Our pals at Deckfight pointed out our penchant for news involving Mr. McSweeney’s, but why not? The dude is a mensch. Jason Schwartzman Chalk it up to family ties, but his uncle, Francis Ford Coppola, tapped him to design the newest issue of Zoetrope: All-Story. Also of note: Could anybody other than Schwartzman […]
Bites: Bolaño and Borges, Nin on LSD, Nick Cave Photoshopped, the Greatest Metal Tour EVER, and More
I’ve loved just about every installment of “What Bolaño Read” over at MobyLives. Today, the late Chilean writers fondness for Jorge Luis Borges. Lit. Anais Nin on LSD’s value at Arthur. I only wished people had had time to study drugs as they studied religion or philosophy and to adapt to this chemical alteration of our bodies. Token magical realism “seems not just forced, but fashionable” says Alastair Harper of the Guardian. Go on over to My Old Kentucky […]