June 2012
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“Thayil is a poet, and it shows in the prose, which contains countless moments of...”
– Dispatches from an Opium Den: Jeet Thayil’s Narcopolis by Emily St. John Mandel
Jun 26th
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WatchWatch
To address the state’s ongoing financial shortfalls, California’s government announced last May that they intended to close a quarter of the state’s 278 parks by next July. Upset by the decision to save money at the expense of the state’s natural beauty, three filmmakers embarked on a 3,000 mile trip around the Golden State’s wildlife reserves, recreation areas, and parks to shoot The First 70, a...
Jun 26th
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“When I write, I’m not conscious of much, as least for the first draft. You need...”
– Joshua Henkin, interviewed by Anna Solomon for The Millions.
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“Are there people trying to be novelists who are really meant to be sociologists...”
– Joshua Henkin, interviewed for The Millions by Anna Solomon.
Jun 22nd
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“We are all still born, struggle through puberty, stumble through a first job,...”
– Austen Rosenfeld “A Matter of Life and Death: Jill Lepore’s The Mansion of Happiness”
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