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All Things Interwoven
“Imagination for me has always been about the spaces in between, a sort of filler that completes a picture. If what we know is the jaggedness of the ocean floor, then imagination is the body of water that defines what is hidden and what is seen.” This essay on interstices and representing Hawai’i Creole English as a legitimate literary participant is excellent.
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You’re Watching it Wrong!
“[From Russia With Love]’s lack of newness prevented connection with the audience. Scratch that. It wasn’t the film’s fault. It was the audience’s.”
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Bookshelf of the Masses
From Jared Fanning, a charming graphic of the world’s 10 most read books.
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How to Get Out of a Sticky Situation
From a professional archivist: A solution to the classic problem of removing stubborn sticker glue off the back of your books.
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The Rest of the Story
In this week’s New York Times Magazine, a collaboration with ProPublica has produced a 13,000-word (!) article on what happened at New Orleans Memorial Medial Center where a number of patients died in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Who says long-form journalism is dead!
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