Long Live Fiction: A Guide to Fiction Online

David Backer - 2.22.2010 | 33

I went in search of the new fiction. I wanted to see its extent, the borders of its world. I wanted to do a little cartography to glimpse the map of our conversation with ourselves.

David Backer - 2.22.2010 | 33

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Essays Notable Articles

Draft Dave: Why Eggers Should Edit The Paris Review

Garth Risk Hallberg - 2.17.2010 | 19

As absurd as it may sound, I'd like to propose that Dave Eggers is the best candidate for editorship of The Paris Review. And, somewhat counterintuitively, that hiring him for the job might be as good for Eggers as for the magazine.

Garth Risk Hallberg - 2.17.2010 | 19

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Books as Objects Notable Articles

Deckle Edge in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

C. Max Magee - 2.5.2010 | 42

The deckle edge dates back to a time when you used to need a knife to read a book. Those rough edges simulate the look of pages that have been sliced open by the reader.

C. Max Magee - 2.5.2010 | 42

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Essays Notable Articles Sport

The Magisterial Goal

James Kaelan - 2.2.2010 | 27

Soccer broadcaster Ray Hudson values hyperbole over precision. His quips, spontaneous and unedited, conflating science and art, have gained him a reputation as one the most notorious announcers in all of sports.

James Kaelan - 2.2.2010 | 27

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Notable Articles Screening Room

Nobody Wants to Go Home: A Unified Theory of Reality TV

Patrick Brown - 1.26.2010 | 10

The only non-game show reality shows left are about people who were most decidedly unreal. Somewhere along the line, somebody decided that we only wanted to watch people do nothing if we'd already watched them do something.

Patrick Brown - 1.26.2010 | 10

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Notable Articles The Future of the Book The Millions Interview

Confessions of a Book Pirate

C. Max Magee - 1.25.2010 | 294

In truth, I think it is clear that morally, the act of pirating a product is, in fact, the moral equivalent of stealing... although that nagging question of what the person who has been stolen from is missing still lingers.

C. Max Magee - 1.25.2010 | 294

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Essays Notable Articles

Sex, Seriously: James Salter Trumps the Great Male Novelists

Sonya Chung - 1.12.2010 | 27

It’s been said that “writing about music is like dancing about architecture.” The same might be said for sex, and even more aptly when it comes to writing about writing about sex.

Sonya Chung - 1.12.2010 | 27

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Notable Articles Quick Hits

New Yorker Fiction by the Numbers

C. Max Magee - 1.6.2010 | 16

With seven years of data compiled, we can get some hard info on the New Yorker's tendencies when publishing fiction.

C. Max Magee - 1.6.2010 | 16

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Lists Notable Articles

Most Anticipated: The Great 2010 Book Preview

C. Max Magee - 1.5.2010 | 69

There's something for every lover of fiction coming in 2010, but, oddly enough, the dominant theme may be posthumous publication.

C. Max Magee - 1.5.2010 | 69

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Notable Articles Year in Reading

A Year in Reading 2009

C. Max Magee - 12.1.2009 | 21

Difficult Books Notable Articles

Introducing Difficult Books, A Descriptive List

Emily Colette Wilkinson - 10.29.2009 | 69

perhaps, now that we think on it again, having finished, Could it be that it was worth the struggle? Could it be that in the pain of it was a tinge of pleasure, of value (not to mention pride)

Emily Colette Wilkinson - 10.29.2009 | 69

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