Archive for October, 2009

Artifact casts doubt on Christian God’s homophobia

Joshua Glenn and Rob Walker created the Significant Objects project earlier this year to prove the theory that a writer could invest an otherwise worthless object with value by making up a story about it. That’s my object, above, and you can find out its (invented) provenance at the Significant Objects site. A preview: This astonishing “Cracker Barrel” artifact appears . . .

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The Habit of Art

“An author is sometimes surprised by what he or she has written.” The great Alan Bennett on his new play about W.H. Auden.

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Moroccan censorship

Cartoon controversy: for two days last week, Morocco blocked distribution of French daily Le Monde. (Via.)

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