Correction of the day, courtesy of The New York Times: “He did not say that it would not be a ‘pimped out’ version of the article.”
Pimpin’ with Remnick
Another #LitBeat: BEA
In the latest installment of #LitBeat our correspondent reports from a Tumblr-hosted event at Housing Works, featuring readings from Baratunde Thurston, Alexander Chee, and our own Edan Lepucki.
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The Housewife Novel
Recommended Reading: On the history of literature about housewives, from Madame Bovary to Dept. of Speculation.
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Flame Out
For whatever reason, pop music (at least in the Western world) displays an inordinate fascination with people who die at a young age. At The Atlantic, Leah Sottile takes a look at our collective fixation on the mantra “Live fast, die young.”
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Type Setting
In a clip The Atlantic calls “technology porn for book lovers,” you can see how manuscripts became books in the 1940s.
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Signs of the Apocalypse: Jersey Shore, the Novel
For those who don't believe in the decline of civilization, new evidence: Snooki has written a novel. Generously, The Wall Street Journal has read it so you don't have to.