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Mar 18, 2010, 12:00PM
Classic New Yorker profile of Simpsons' writer George Meyer
"Sh-h-h. George is thinking."
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Mar 16, 2010, 01:51PM
What makes a bad book bad?
Taking on the American Book Review's recent Top 40 Bad Books list.
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Mar 10, 2010, 09:39AM
Play-a-day blog
Reading a play every day and blogging about. Simple as that.
Todays play: Neena Berber's The Dew Point.
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Mar 09, 2010, 12:50PM
Your favorite comic sucks
This man has many problems. Most of them are with XKCD. Let the Great Webcomic Wars begin.
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Mar 04, 2010, 12:41PM
On Translating Infinite Jest into German
Ulrich Blumenbach: Six years and one of those most complicated novels ever written.
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Mar 03, 2010, 11:11AM
Why there is no Jewish Narnia
"To no other field of modern literature have Jews contributed so little."
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Mar 02, 2010, 10:07AM
A Muppet Wicker Man
"NOT THE BEES!"
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Mar 01, 2010, 01:02PM
Jersey Shore's Snooki files for federal trademark of her name
Apparently a Snooki Jersey Shore memoir is in the works.
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Feb 26, 2010, 01:42PM
Ernest Hemingway, not so tough after all?
I don't think anyone that's familiar with Hemingway assumes he was a great guy, or even particularly pleasant - but this article ought to illustrate the depth of his depravity, and how easy that is to overlook in the presence of extreme talent.
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Feb 05, 2010, 04:05PM
An interview with Jason Mulgrew
The laziest, most worthless piece of shit you'll ever meet. Sort of.
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Feb 04, 2010, 12:29PM
Is it good for Tintin?
Tracing the development of the classic children's book character.
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Feb 01, 2010, 02:52PM
Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson gives his first interview in 20 years
"Calvin and Hobbes, Eighth Wonder of the World."
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Jan 29, 2010, 03:34PM
Reconstructing Shakespeare
How Brutus' famous speech from Julius Caesar may have sounded to its original audience.
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Jan 25, 2010, 02:51PM
Comic books and copyrights
The U.S./U.K divide.
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Jan 25, 2010, 10:14AM
Laredo, TX - Now the biggest city in the U.S. without a bookstore
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Jan 22, 2010, 01:00PM
Five Dials: Celebrating the life and work of David Foster Wallace
With contributions from his friends and family, including authors Don Delillo, Zadie Smith, Jonathan Frazen and others.
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Jan 20, 2010, 11:42AM
Christopher Hitchens on using "like" as a filler word
It's, like, a pretty good article.
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Mar 18, 2010, 10:06AM
I'd Like To Meet Your Tailor
A day in Beverly Hills Traffic Court.
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Mar 16, 2010, 10:43AM
Blood, Beards and Bros
Jesse Bullington’s The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart (2009, Orbit)
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Mar 11, 2010, 12:14PM
Charm City Slightly Less So
Dutch Ruppersberger and I talk trains.
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Mar 10, 2010, 11:21AM
"Pardon me, Señor Jesus."
Being foreign, atheist and white at the Feast of the Black Nazarene in Manila.
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Feb 26, 2010, 04:21PM
Everyone Is From Somewhere Else
The last installment from Splice's assistant editor, Zach Kaufmann, as he makes his way through the South.
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Feb 25, 2010, 11:38AM
The Eerie Art of Fletcher Hanks
A hardcore alcoholic father's comic book art legacy.
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Feb 24, 2010, 04:22PM
Grit and Charleston
Don't talk too loudly. (This is the third installment from Splice's Associate Editor, Zach Kaufmann, as he makes his way through the South.)
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Feb 23, 2010, 03:06PM
Native Prejudice
The second installment from Splice's Associate Editor, Zach Kaufmann, as he makes his way through the South.
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Feb 22, 2010, 03:49PM
Albums to Get You Through Nebraska
The first installment from Splice's Associate Editor, Zach Kaufmann, as he makes his way through the South.
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Feb 19, 2010, 11:42AM
The Security Raj
The Indian security complex is a frightening beast.
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Feb 12, 2010, 11:43AM
The View From Berkeley
An interview with Phyllis Orrick: journalist, Webmaster, native Baltimorean and one of the last library devotees.
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Feb 11, 2010, 11:50AM
The Spy Who Wasn't
The real secret of the intelligence community is that these people aren’t Machiavellian geniuses. They’re bumbling shitheads, just like most government functionaries—or, for that matter, most people.
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Feb 04, 2010, 11:16AM
The Spy and the Silk Baron
The liberation of losing one’s identity in Asia.
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Feb 02, 2010, 10:29AM
JD's Vacuum
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Feb 19, 2010, 09:32AM
Hunter S. Thompson calls customer service
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Feb 15, 2010, 04:12PM
"Picture Book Report"
"Fifteen illustrators will reach out to their favorite books and create wonderful pieces of art in response to the text that has moved them, shaped them, or excited them."
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Jan 28, 2010, 09:43AM
Axe Cop
A comic written by a 5-year-old boy and illustrated by his 29-year-old brother.
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Jan 26, 2010, 10:04AM
Werner Herzog reads Curious George... sort of
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Jan 19, 2010, 10:02AM
Peru's booming literary culture
Daniel Alarcon on publishing, book festivals, and love of the written word.
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Jan 06, 2010, 02:31PM
Pappy's Golden Age Comics blog
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Dec 29, 2009, 04:34PM
The Allen Ginsberg vinyl figurine
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Dec 22, 2009, 01:03PM
Cutest Christmas Story ever
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Dec 01, 2009, 11:17AM
French children's books of the 30s and 40s
If I spoke French these would be way more entertaining.
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Nov 23, 2009, 11:14AM
Louis CK on words you shouldn't say in front of your mother (unless she likes that sort of thing)
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Nov 13, 2009, 11:10AM
Mike Stilkey's book art
Come, take a tour of his studio.
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Nov 10, 2009, 10:10AM
Ah, the National Spelling Bee... Derrick Comedy style
Not for the easily offended.
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Nov 02, 2009, 02:06PM
Gutenberg, you crazy SOB
Stephen Fry's six-part documentary on the printing press.
"This was the man who launched the first media revolution and opened the door to the modern age."
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Oct 22, 2009, 10:45AM
The 2009 Critterati
Upload photos of the non-human members of your family dressed as famous literary characters. Well... sure, why not.
