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The Smart Set: Lauren Cerand’s weekly events

The Smart Set is a weekly feature, compiled by Lauren Cerand, that usually appears Mondays at 12:30pm and highlights the best of the week to come. Special favor is given to New York’s independent booksellers and venues, and low-cost and free events. Please send details to lauren [at] maudnewton.com by the Thursday prior to publication, with the date in the . . .

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Word of 2007

The Oxford Word of the Year is locavore. Runners-up include bacn and mumblecore.

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Wolcott on Hickey

James Wolcott breaks with tradition and buys The Believer for Heti’s smart, candid interview with critic Dave Hickey.

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