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Morning Bites: When Updike went homophobic, Jami Attenberg, Gessen at #OccupyWallStreet, and more

On October 13, 2011 By Jason Diamond

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Morning Bites: BOMB Fiction Contest, Tina Brown Picks, Ira Glass Soda Recipe, Debbie Downer Writes a Book and More

On February 17, 2011 By Jason Diamond

Rachel Dratch is writing a book. We are 110% behind this.
BOMB Magazine has announced their 5th fiction contest, and Rivka Galchen is the judge. Tina Brown gives her “must reads” to NPR. Ira Glass gives us the secret recipe to Coca Cola Steve Martin is going to put out a second bluegrass album, and play five New York shows.

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Bites: Mayor Emanuel as Holden Caulfield, Ira Glass on Storytelling, Virginia Woolf and More

On January 28, 2011 By Jason Diamond

@MayorEmanuel is our generations J.D. Salinger. Or something like that…
59 things you didn’t know about Virginia Woolf. Ira Glass on the art of storytelling. The Atlantic reviews of 30 Rock are pretty great, don’t ya think?
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All Tonight’s Parties

On January 21, 2010 By Jason Diamond

There are some nights were you look at the schedule of things going on and think to yourself “oh yeh, this is why I live in New York”, and tonight is definitely one of those nights.

1. The Rumpus turns a years old, asks HTMLGiant to help them celebrate. Tao Lin, Rivka Galchen, Justin Taylor, Deb Olin Unferth, and Stephen Elliott at Broadway East, where Chinatown meets the Lower East Side. 171 East Broadway.

2. Jami Attenberg reads from her new book, The Melting Season, at the Tribeca Barnes and Noble.

3. Patti [...]
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Bites: Brittney vs. MJ, Ira Glass deals poker, Bjork spins, RIP Vibe I never read you,

On July 1, 2009 By Jason Diamond

SMITH Mag’s six-word obituaries for Michael Jackson vs. Vultures Britney Spears – haiku contest. I wasn’t creative enough to do either. Is it your dream to play some poker with Ira Glass, David Cross, and Michael Ian Black? Well, here is your chance, and it goes to benefit 826NYC. DJ Bjork Malcolm Gladwell reviews Free by Chris Anderson for the New Yorker If I’m gonna read one sports book this summer, it will probably be be Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend. Boston Globe reviews [...]
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Bites: Taschen, Dave Eggers is busy, Egon Spangler, Antony)

On June 19, 2009 By Jason Diamond

Got a thousand bucks to blow? Taschen is putting out their most expensive book in five years, and it’s none other than Norman Mailer’s first posthumous work Norman Mailer, MoonFire: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11. If you want a more creative way to blow a grand, I have this really interesting business project called Vol. 1 Brooklyn that could use some funds. Paper Cuts asks if “Dave Eggers is the busiest man in literature?” We would like to answer a question with this question, are we the blog that cares the most about the exploits [...]
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