January 2012
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femme banal
- bookforum.com / current issue →
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For a Day in New York, Gay Talese Becomes a... →
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Heroine Chic
lareviewofbooks:
EVIE NAGY
on Miss Fury, the first female superhero. Art by Tarpé Mills
Tarpé Mills Tarpé Mills & Miss Fury: Sensational Sundays 1944–1949 IDW Publishing, July 2011. 240 pp. DC Direct, the merchandizing arm of publisher DC Comics, produces a line of collectible busts called “Heroes of the DC Universe.” Apparently, the category of “Heroes” includes not only classic...
What Remains: Conversations With America's Funeral... →
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Tom Freston's $1 Billion Revenge: Ex-Viacom Chief... →
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Jumpers by Tad Friend | Byliner →
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Dissent Magazine - Winter 2012 Issue - The “I” in... →
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December 2011
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Year's End →
Understanding Travis the Chimp and His Mother,... →
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Gay Talese has a Coke*: reflections of a narrative... →
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What Happened to the Baby? - Atlantic Mobile →
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Culture Desk: The Best Music of 2011: The British... →
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My Coney Island Crime - NYTimes.com →
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November 2011
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The Problem with Film Criticism →
Only a fool would say that there’s not good work being done on the Internet. But the nature of the medium, the way it has reshaped journalism and public discourse, makes it harder for that work to matter. In its contribution to the ongoing disposability of our cultural, political, and social life, in encouraging the cultural segregation that currently disfigures democracy, the Internet has to...
The American Scholar: How to Write a Memoir -... →
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The Silent Season of a Hero →
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Best of the Electric Typewriter →
tetw:
The Best of The Electric Typewriter
Since early 2011, The Electric Typewriter has been collecting links to oustanding essays, journalism, and narrative non-fiction for your reading pleasure. These are some of our favourites.
A cornucopia of longreads.
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EVERYTHING OFF MY DESKTOP COMING SOON
OK!
Thought You Should See This: Is "Stealing Ideas"... →
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I recently finished two books on the birth and growth of the computer industry: Steven Levy’s classic Hackers, and Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs. Both left me pondering the topic of stealing ideas. For it’s Jobs who once said so memorably:
‘Picasso had a saying—‘good artists…
The Tetris Effect | The Awl →
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I’m really scared for my generation, you know. The thing that scares me most is...
– Drake on Tumblr.
HEY DRAKE BRO I KNOW THAT YOU ARE A VERY POPULAR AND CREDIBLE GUY WHO IS PERCEIVED TO BE KIND OF “SERIOUS” AND “A THINKER” BUT WHAT IS THIS FUCKING SHIT, MAN? I DON’T KNOW IF YOUR BULLSHIT REACTIONARY ARGUMENT IS MORE ANNOYING THAN ALL OF THE PEOPLE E-PATTING YOU ON THE BACK FOR...