February 14, 2007
Short Takes: The “Be My Valentine” Edition
Because friendships get underplayed on the love holiday: “Both young men had literary ambitions, which were directed, in their undergraduate days, promiscuously between poetry and prose; they used to show […]
February 13, 2007
Calling All Nimrods/Hardmen
For you writerly-minded sorts: the annual Nimrod/Hardman Award is here again. Details after the jump:
February 13, 2007
Short takes
The Washington Post laments the plight of the Canadian novelist: Most Americans probably think Michael Ondaatje is British (try selling “The Canadian Patient”); although Douglas Coupland lives in Vancouver, he […]
February 12, 2007
Short Takes
Even as his lab closes, the ESP researcher won’t admit he may have been betting on the wrong horse. “There is an important book yet to be written on our […]
February 11, 2007
Unloved Ohio, My Foot.
I, too, have often found solace in Ohio. But Ohio is far from unloved, Mr. Weiland. I know this is The New York Times, but let’s not condescend. To evoke […]
February 9, 2007
Short Takes
Time and time again… “When you live outside the law, you have to eliminate dishonesty.” Critical Mass: NYT newsworthy. More racism–and not potential or debatable racism–here. “To recap: we’re talking […]
February 8, 2007
Short Takes
Further proof that the truth is stranger than (science) fiction. A gaggle of gals. A pride of titty-ups. A flourish of strumpets. I, for one, play it as it lies. […]
February 7, 2007
Another link
Liz’s review of the dizzying Surveillance: Jonathan Raban’s third novel, Surveillance, opens with a school-bus explosion, the rescue workers scrambling to save survivors. And then the camera pulls back, revealing […]
February 7, 2007
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Well, the show has officially opened, and I’m back in Gambier. The previews and opening were fascinating. After the first preview, it became clear that–though we were doing some things […]
February 7, 2007
Short Takes
Anger management for the language nerds among us. I sincerely doubt this will go anywhere, but hey, I might be wrong. “He says, for instance, that he wants to free […]
February 6, 2007
Short Takes
See, I always thought the relationship between Nick and Jordan was unconvincing because Nick was in love with Gatsby… And there’s that throwaway quasi-homosexual encounter Nick’s involved in near the […]
February 5, 2007
Short Takes
“There are few opportunities for so intimate and unguarded a glimpse into the private life of a great American writer. Mr. Amason told me that visitors sometimes wept on the […]