The trailer is out for The Tree of Life director Terrence Malick’s latest project, To the Wonder. The film, which stars Javier Bardem, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, and Olga Kurylenko, will be released in 2013.
To the Wonder Trailer
Music Writing Set to Music: Genius
Christopher R. Weingarten's long Spin essay about Lana Del Rey, Cults, and "a multitude of mostly female-led indie heartachers" is one of the best things you'll read this week. It's also, as a matter of fact, one of the best multimedia integrations of Spotify I've seen in a while. More of this, please.
Red Scare
"Marx the anti-Communist is an unfamiliar figure; but there were undoubtedly times when he shared the view of the liberals of his day and later, in which communism (assuming anything like it could be achieved) would be detrimental to human progress." Wait, what? The New York Review of Books reviews Karl Marx: A Nineteenth-Century Life.
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The Pioneer Detectives on NOOK
Good news NOOK readers: The Pioneer Detectives is now available on the NOOK.
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Emily Pullen on e-readers
Bookseller and blogger Emily Pullen discusses the e-reading experience in this morning's Shelf Awareness: "I have noticed that when I read on the device, my attention span is somewhat short. I rarely read for more than an hour--usually about 20 minutes. It's not because it is uncomfortable for my eyes or my hands. Instead I just don't get as immersed."
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