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September 4, 2012

tags: lit. movies. books.

A little bit of everything: filmmaking, hollywood gossip, star power, literature, Chicago, high stakes, insurmountable odds, and all woven together by Aleksander Hemon.

Pretty much the best.

August 11, 2012

tags: tumblr. lit.

This seems too good not to post. A massive list of lit-tumblrs worth following.

August 6, 2012

tags: books. blogs. lit. reviews.

I don't think I agree with this (since the web allows for negativity, arguing, and hatchet jobs just as easily as it does "liking") but the point is an interesting one, and well-made.

Reminds me a little bit of this older Jonathan Franzen essay. But the real problem that Franzen and Silverman have is with the easy, facile nature of online “liking.” I’d argue that there is plenty of (perhaps more than plenty of) excellent discussion and debate online. Perhaps not on Twitter, but if it’s (intelligent) disagreement and dissension you crave, I don’t think it’s hard to find. Or endangered.

July 30, 2012 with 3 notes

tags: books. lit. drama.

Jonah Lehrer resigns from New Yorker in a weird, sad, disgraceful turn of events. Really sad. But also: what on earth?!

March 26, 2012

tags: books. lit.

We found a bunch of new fairy tales and it turns out the Brothers Brimm are totally sexist.

We live in amazing times.

March 11, 2012

tags: books. lit. gender.

Gender politics in literature; male authors can't write for women; male authors can't write female characters; male authors are egoists.

A continuation of the worlds oldest discussion. Also, a continuation of this classic chestnut.

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