I don’t know about you, but I have been underwhelmed by Twitter as a vehicle for political coverage. Just because everybody’s doing it doesn’t mean it’s a good idea. Does “twittering” sound like serious reportage to you? Twittered literature, however–now there’s an idea with legs. Call it twitlit. Maud Newton notes that, so far, we… Continue reading »
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Conventional Wisdom
That’s conventional as in conventions, “stultifying media spectacles where no one expects anything to happen.” So says Chris Lehmann in a Q&A posted today by Harper’s. Chris is a senior editor at CQ, the nonfiction editor of Booforum, and a very sharp guy. (He’s also a good friend of mine from my Book World days,… Continue reading »
What Else Does She Do?
From the cover of the September issue of Lucky: “Milla Jovovich gets sexier and sexier.” Hey, it’s a living.
Kerplink-Kerplank-Kerplunk…
We’re headed to Blueberries for Sal country–Maine, somewhere around here–for an actual vacation, so posting will be intermittent or possibly even nonexistent until Aug. 13, when we’re back in swampy, mosquito-filled D.C. See you then! Though the bear in Blueberries for Sal was imagined, the rest of the story was completely real. McCloskey has pictured… Continue reading »
Noises Off
Yesterday was International Anti-Noise Day. If only I’d known. Greg McNamee has a quiet meditation on our noisy lives over at Britannica Blog. Read it in a quiet place, if you can find one.
