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From the monthly archives: December 2009

Bites: Lipsyte Bringing Back “Comic Novels”, Emma Straub Asks About Updike, Loving Zadie Smith, and More

On December 21, 2009 By Jason Diamond

Garrison Keillor Looks Like a Fart That Hates Jews

On December 18, 2009 By Jason Diamond

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Bites: Coppenhagen Winds Down, Inspiring Writers, Writer Mystique, Paul Bowles, Journalist Deaths, Gay Albums, and More

On December 18, 2009 By Jason Diamond

(Poster via Boing Boing)

The World Climate Conference in Copenhagen is winding down, but there has been some great reporting. Our friend Aaron Lake Smith in particular has supplied us with some interesting points of view at Audobon Magazine.

David Corn at Mother Jones: “geo-politics trumped geo-science.”

Thom Yorke is hanging out and looking like a derelict. Maybe trying to fit in with the protesters?

Lit.
The Rumpus talks Paul Bowles.

I’d be fascinated to know what Bowles would think of our current world’s [...]
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Al Franken Shuts Lieberman up

On December 18, 2009 By Jason Diamond

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Attempting to get Classy

On December 17, 2009 By Jason Diamond

From J. Peterman
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Recipes for Literature: Daphne du Maurier’s Cheddar Chive Tea-Time Scones

On December 17, 2009 By Cara Nicoletti

By Cara Nicoletti

The other day it poured. Cold, beating, half-snow December rain. After showering off the chill when I got home, I flopped down on my bed and prepared to sleep the rest of the afternoon away. But instead, I looked up at my bookshelf and noticed a copy of Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca, a novel I hadn’t read since the ninth grade. My mom put a copy of it on my pillow all those years ago in an attempt to distract me from my first heartbreak, which had me sulking around the house, skipping school and [...]
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Bites: Lipsyte Bringing Back “Comic Novels”, Emma Straub Asks About Updike, Loving Zadie Smith, and More

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Garrison Keillor Looks Like a Fart That Hates Jews

Bites: Coppenhagen Winds Down, Inspiring Writers, Writer Mystique, Paul Bowles, Journalist Deaths, Gay Albums, and More

Al Franken Shuts Lieberman up

Attempting to get Classy

Recipes for Literature: Daphne du Maurier’s Cheddar Chive Tea-Time Scones

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