“How the Velvet Underground and Václav Havel built a blueprint for toppling totalitarians and other censors.” – Matt Welch & Nick Gillespie at Reason.com David Remnick put together a Václav Havel reading list. Daniel Pinchbeck, Lenny Kravitz’s daughter, and a Gossip Girl star throw a posh Occupy Wall Street party. The best historical fiction of 2011 from NPR Books. The Chicago Tribune picks its favorite Windy City works from 2011. Captured Tracks has a new Shoegaze Archives series they’re working on. […]
The Quotable David Remnick
“not that I don’t find writing hard; I find it very difficult because I know how good or bad it can be—but I do like the process. Some writers, really having written, dread writing. I have never felt that. I find it immensely exciting.” Via his interview with Robert Birnbaum
It’s National David Remnick Day
David Remnick is all over the place this morning: a new book on Barry Obama is out, an appearance on MSNBC, a Times profile, and this poem from The Awl: David Remnick: American Giant David Remnick writes and edits In his spare time he reports Those are just three of his credits He’s got talents of all sorts David Remnick trimmed his budget Saved his staff from major cuts He’s a hero—let’s not fudge it— A mensch! This ain’t some […]