Archive for June, 2008

John Waters: Groundbreaking director, delightful misanthrope

Years and years ago, I read an interview in which the director John Waters divulged his strategy for avoiding conversations with fellow passengers on airplanes. He hides whatever book he’s reading behind the cover for Flying Lesbian Nuns.*   Last night New York’s Blythe Sheldon saw Waters performing This Filthy World at the Society for Ethical Culture. Among other things, . . .

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Jefferson’s library

The Library of Congress is attempting to reassemble Thomas Jefferson’s library as it was sold to Congress. (Via.)

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Stet

Post it now, fix it later: Are we in the last days of the newsroom copy editor?

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