A reader who calls himself Angry Young Man has figured out a way to automate New Yorker cartoon captions — using New Yorker short stories. He writes: I recently discovered the AutoSummarize feature in MS Word, which pulls key sentences from a text and creates an executive summary. I wondered, What if you AutoSummarize an AutoSummary, and so on and . . .
From Barry Hannah’s noir exultation: “Or is this mere geezerage again, from one who seriously misses pinball machines and snooker tables?”
Author Tayari Jones was all for Toni Morrison’s induction into the NJ Hall of Fame — until she realized Morrison is up against Harriet Tubman.
Crawford Kilian argues that Mark Twain conceptualized the Internet in 1898, with his story about a “telelectroscope.” Did he inspire Borges?
John O’Hara to Harold Ross: “I have decided to reject your rejection of this piece and to give you a chance to read it over again.”