Why not kick off 2012 with former poet laureate W. S. Merwin’s poem, “To the New Year“?
“so this is the sound of you”
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Wilson!
A rare example of a sporting good/movie memorabilia crossover. I want one (as a friend)
A Visit from the Goon Squad, a Decade Later
Jennifer Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad made its debut a decade ago, and the author reflected on the book's trajectory since its publication.
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“Medvedev is Russia’s first genuinely post-Soviet writer”
n+1 posted the introduction Keith Gessen wrote for Kirill Medvedev’s It’s No Good poetry and essay collection, which Gessen translated along with Mark Krotov, Cory Merrill, and Bela Shayevich.
eBooks for the brain
By now we’re used to the age-old, tiresome books vs. ebooks debate: which one is cheaper, better-smelling, better for notes, better for authors, better for the Earth. But which one is better for the brain?
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Cursing at Poets
At The Collagist, Kyle Beachy imagines the emperor Augustus saying to the poet Horace, “You and your kind are fucked!” “The Extent of Our Decline” is one of number of essays appearing in the collection I co-edited, The Late American Novel: Writers on the Future of Books, coming in March from Soft Skull.