Jonathan Chait takes a look at the (horrible) newspapers in Back to the Future, but he misses the most obvious criticism. That page layout is atrocious!
“The paper’s news judgment is exceedingly bizarre.”
Two Tickets to the Gun Show. Literally.
This Bright River author Patrick Somerville visited the Lakemoor Gun Show with our own Emily St. John Mandel, and then wrote about the experience for GQ.
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Archipelago Interview
Bibi Dietz interviews Jill Schoolman, founder of Archipelago Books, about "the archipelagic quality of book translation, the spiritual quality of discovering a great text, and the best bookshops from here to Buenos Aires." So, basically everything we would ask Jill Schoolman about if we got the chance. The full interview up at BOMB Magazine.
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“Jeff Koons poses next to a pig, grinning”
The recent opening of the Jeff Koons retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art has occasioned a number of rave reviews. They’re so good, in fact, that they’ve inspired Los Angeles Times writer Carolina A. Miranda to comb the write-ups for “evocative turn[s] of phrase, political metaphor[s], and references to lady parts” in order to assemble a standalone poem. Or, rather, it was standalone until artist William Powhida made a drawing out of it. (Full size drawing here.)
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Mia Couto Wins Neustadt Prize
Steve Jobs Biography Gets Unexpected PR Boon
Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs is slated for a November 21st release. As the Apple CEO announced his resignation last night, the timing of the book Steve Jobs really could not be better.
Frankenstein Survives
The Bodleian Library has digitized Mary Shelley’s notebooks containing Frankenstein.
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Failing Upwards
Recommended Reading: Tony Kushner’s recent speech at the Whiting Writers' Awards.
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