Zazen author Vanessa Veselka announced on Tuesday that she has sold her second novel. Unfortunately, she doesn’t reveal many more details than that, so we’re all going to have to bide our time until then.
Another Veselka Novel on the Way
Every height of brow
Putting aside for a moment the racist phrenological roots of the terms "highbrow" and "lowbrow," here's an interesting conversation on what the difference between them means for literature now. For a historical take, check out this graphic from a 1949 edition of LIFE magazine, which taught me a real gentleman wears fuzzy tweed, and iceberg lettuce is never in style.
Big Papa Country
Brad Leithauser on being from "Hemingway country," and Matt Pearce, on the impossibility of tweeting from there.
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Wisconsin Envy
Chad Harbach and Bon Iver make this a big year for Wisconsin. It seems New York is slowly catching up.
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The Joy of Cooking
Saveur Magazine has published its annual top 100 food and cooking joys of the year. This time, it's a reader-created list, and it doesn't disappoint, from #12, The Burmese Tea Leaf Salad to #43, College Dining Hall Cooks. (Via.)
One Greater Man Restore Us
Behold a video of Seamus Heaney reading lines from Paradise Lost.
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