Alexander Chee has a lovely essay about books and technology up at The Morning News.
Alexander Chee: “I, Reader”
Elif Batuman on Reading the Russians
Essayist and Russian literature scholar Elif Batuman in an interview with the Boston Globe on how the Russians get the combination of “funny and sad” better than the Germans, the English, or the French.
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Potent Potables: Presidential Edition
The White House recently released its beer recipe, and that’s swell and all, but for a truly patriotic potable, check out the “Small Beer” brewed for George Washington in 1789.
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2016 International DUBLIN Award
The winner of the 2016 International DUBLIN Literary Award is Family Life by Akhil Sharma. Find out more about the author at the International DUBLIN Literary Award website.
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“Elbowing, nudge-nudge, wink-winking”
Recommended Listening: Alissa Nutting discussing her new novel on Brad Listi’s Other People Podcast.
Colbert on a Roll
Don’t miss Maurice Sendak sparring admirably with Stephen Colbert (part 1, part 2) on the occasion of Bumble-ardy, an instant classic in my house. He followed that up with master interviewer Terry Gross, on whose show Colbert was recently a guest.
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Roald Dahl’s Salty Advice
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Just a friendly notice, Ms. Kiesling. It appears you’ve parsed the link with two ‘http’s in the address. The browser’s showing up a ‘This site cannot be found’ error.
Thanks for the excellent link, though. I get TMN newsletters far too late to get these awesome articles.
Oh, crud. Thank you for letting me know. Currently comcast is having a midwestern meltdown and I don’t think my phone can handle behind-the-scenes web stuff so I will fix this in the morning. Sorry about that!
Fixed!