Archive for December, 2006

December 15, 2006

Patti Smith, Philip Pullman, and others praise William Blake as the 250th anniversary of his birth approaches. (Via.)

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December 14, 2006

It’s that time of year again. The trees are bare, it gets dark early, and we’re all wondering why the Confederacy of Dunces adaptation never got made.

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December 14, 2006

Wolcott on Couric: “No one over the age of 30 should be resorting to all those exclamation marks and capital letters like some juiced-up Crackberry addict.” (Via.)

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December 14, 2006

I have it on good authority that Shalom Auslander appears on This American Life this weekend. (If you missed “The Blessing Bee” last year, listen now.)

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December 14, 2006

Fearless self- publishing pioneer Leslie Harpold has passed on.

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