The TOB continues
TOB updates: The Decemberists’ Colin Meloy punts the Ford novel my way. Chaon picks Ali, Doerr goes for Pynchon, and Bookslut’s Jessa Crispin sends Adichie to round 3.
TOB updates: The Decemberists’ Colin Meloy punts the Ford novel my way. Chaon picks Ali, Doerr goes for Pynchon, and Bookslut’s Jessa Crispin sends Adichie to round 3.
I’ve been hoping Dahlia Lithwick would weigh in on the “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” student speech case. And so she has. We’ve come a long way since “Fuck the Draft,” y’all.
Two books I’m sending my stepdaughter: Justine Larbalestier’s Magic’s Child — which A. has been asking about for months — and Margo Rabb’s Cures for Heartbreak.
Phil Campbell, a writer and friend of mine, announced last week that Zioncheck for President, his memoir about an ill-fated Seattle city council campaign, has been optioned by Stephen Gyllenhaal. Campbell and I talked at length several years ago — well before the James Frey debacle — about the care he took to get his facts right. So I was . . .
Revile blogs. Or don’t revile them. Whichever. But any general denunciation of blogging that fails to acknowledge the excellent likes of Talking Points Memo is just sloppy.