David Foster Wallace’s final novel, The Pale King, is now available for pre-order. 432 pages. (via)
Pale King Pre-Orders
Finding Waldo
He's the world's most wanted fugitive, yet somehow the man wearing the red-striped shirt and nerd glasses escaped us until now. Yes, we're talking about Where's Waldo? At Slate, Ben Blatt found Waldo's pattern, so you can spot him every time and impress your relatives this holiday season.
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Poets by Post
The United States Post Office is going to debut ten postage stamps in 2012. The theme? Famous poets, of course. In anticipation, they're encouraging people to share their favorite poems on their Facebook page.
1,000 on Twitter
Cheers to @Selorian for becoming the 1,000th follower of @The_Millions on Twitter.
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Kandy Kakes and Pathologies
Is anyone else hungry, now? Caution: this review of Alexandra Kleeman’s You Too Can Have A Body Like Mine from The New Inquiry is a real appetite inducer.
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Bulletproof
"When a female politician’s worst crime is to be unlikeable and uncompassionate, how much rationality and coldness is acceptable for women intellectuals and artists? Just how tough is tough enough?"