January 2012
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The Autumn of Joan Didion - Atlantic Mobile →
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December 2011
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For Esme, With Love and Squalor →
Not a Christmas story, but feels like one.
J: Should I be freaking out?
M: The answer to that is never yes.
A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud. →
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November 2011
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In Defense of Sentimentality →
Happy holidaze from the ghost of John Irving past
John Frum Cargo Cult →
cargo cult
noun (sometimes initial capital letters)
any of various native religious cults of a millenarian andmessianic character located in the southwestern Pacific islands,holding that spirits will bring large cargoes of modern goods for distribution among its adherents.
Notable examples of cargo cult activity include the setting up of mock airstrips, airports, offices, and dining rooms,...
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When you have occasion to tuck up your shirt-sleeves, recollect that the way of...
– Francis Galston, The Art of Travel: or, Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries
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Hélène Grimaud’s Life as a Concert Pianist : The... →
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October 2011
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"Despite the recent trend in viewing fiction as a... →
Elif Batuman reviews ‘The Programme Era’ by Mark McGurl · LRB 23 September 2010
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It's decorative gourd season motherfuckers →
1. Show this to a car full of moms complaining about the neighbors’ tacky decorations 2. Listen to them tell each other “it’s fuckin’ fall motherfuckers” the rest of the weekend
Thanks Rainier East!
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September 2011
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“but, what could be even cooler… is a corn maze! now i’ve never done a corn maze, but from what i’m reading, they are pretty wild. you get a bunch of clues and have to be keen enough to get out. cool huh? but don’t worry, if you can’t figure your way out, they also give you a flag that you can wave frantically and a ‘corn cop’ will come and get...
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Joan Didion - Why I Write →
“Had I been blessed with even limited access to my own mind there would have been no reason to write.”