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From the monthly archives: March 2011

The Bronx Cobra Twitter Memoir

On March 31, 2011 By Jason Diamond

Afternoon Bites: Judy Blume, Kevin Sampsell, Jay Reatard, and More

On March 31, 2011 By Tobias Carroll

Dick Watching: Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales

On March 31, 2011 By julietlinderman

Band Booking: Papercuts

On March 31, 2011 By Tobias Carroll

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Morning Bites: Nabokov’s Butterflies, Grossman on “The Pale King,” Margaret Atwood Diet, and More

On March 31, 2011 By Jason Diamond

Vladimir Nabokov and his blue butterflies.(Via 3:AM Magazine)
Lev Grossman on David Foster Wallace’s “Unfinished Business.” Does the Margaret Atwood diet actually work? Bruce Springsteen writes a letter to the editor. If The Beach Boys were English.
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Afternoon Bites: Unsound Festival, Kyle Beachy, Newfoundland, and more

On March 30, 2011 By Tobias Carroll

“Advancing through this novel is more akin to the elliptical paddling of a canoe’s oar, dipping in and out of the same ocean, the same stories acted by one generation and told by another. What “happens” in Galore is sometimes marvelous, sometimes overtly expository, and even downright tedious. But it is Crummey’s design, and it is one not dissimilar to the aforementioned works of the magical realism genre.” -At The Outlet, Stephen Spencer discusses Galore, Michael Crummey’s generation-spanning novel of Newfoundland.
Your moment of book-business surrealism for the day: The Millions points out that news of The Pale King‘s updated [...]
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(Not) Ozzie Guillen Reviews Gatsby

On March 30, 2011 By Jason Diamond

Posted by Jason Diamond

I’m a die-hard Chicago Cubs fan. That means I hate the Chicago White Sox, and welcome any and all parody of the team from the South Side of the city. I also love The Great Gatsby.

So you would think that a video that talks about F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most popular work, and also makes fun of the Sox foul-mouthed manager, Ozzie Guillen, would appeal to me. Like I’m the target demographic.
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