Post-Modern Twee Literature, The “Josh Cohen of the McSweeney’s set,” and Big Being Beautiful

Posted by Jason Diamond I’m nearly 600 pages into the book that Marc Tracy at Tablet called  “the Josh Cohen of the McSweeney’s set,” Adam Levin’s The Instructions.   At the same time, I’m peeling open Skippy Dies by Paul Murray (which I think the NY Times likes.  Not totally sure.)  I’m not quite sure if it’s good for my mental state to read two large books at the same time, but I’m willing to find out. I decided to undertake […]

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Politics & Prose not Doing Well in D.C.?

Over at Tablet, Marc Tracy discusses the future of a D.C. institution: The future of beloved Washington, D.C., bookstore Politics & Prose is up in the air since its founders announced they are selling it. This story is hugely important in the D.C. area. It is also of almost astonishing importance in the literary world.

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