Morning Bites: Paris Review # 200, Book Stalker Turns One, Taking Franzen to Task, MIT Gags, and More

The Paris Review celebrates issue #200. “Do we even have to say that physical beauty is beside the point when discussing the work of a major author? Was Tolstoy pretty? Is Franzen? Wharton’s appearance has no relevance to her work. Franzen perpetuates the typically patriarchal standard of ranking a woman’s beauty before discussing her merits, whether she is an intellectual, artist, politician, activist, or musician.” – Victoria Patterson at the Los Angeles Review of Books takes Jonathan Franzen to task […]

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Dear AWP Doppelganger

Posted by Jason Diamond Dear AWP Doppelganger, Hi.  How was Washington, D.C.?  Did you do a lot of networking?  Did you check out all of the monuments to our country?  Did you drink a lot?  Please, tell me everything. I’m really curious to know about all the new Facebook friends you made, but before you tell me, I need to ask how many people mistook you for me, because a ton of people thought they saw me there, but I’m […]

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