Big Brother is Most Definitely Watching
The great Syntax of Things points out this article that explains there are thirty-two surveillance cameras within 200 yards of 1984 author George Orwell’s flat.
continue readingRIP Kurt Vonnegut
Novelist Kurt Vonnegut died Wednesday at 84 years of age. He will be sorely missed.
continue readingNew Issue of Tin House Released
The new issue of Tin House is trickling out and starting to hit the stores. I have a brief piece in the magazine, but the reason I’m mentioning it is because the contents are amazing. New fiction from Sam Lipsyte, Ron Rash, and others and great fiction and essays from a number of writers, including a piece…
continue readingOprah and Cormac
There were several news reports yesterday that Oprah Winfrey has selected Cormac McCarthy’s The Road as her next book club selection. Publishers Weekly reported that the paperback edition was originally not slated for release until September, but as part of the Oprah push, Anchor is rushing out 950,000 copies of the book. Most amazing of…
continue readingAn Incredible List of Jobs
“Grocery store sacker, house painter, hay hauler, pulpwood cutter-and-hand loader, fence builder, bricklayer’s helper, carpenter, carpet cleaner man, truck driver, forklift driver, dock worker, firefighter, pine tree planter, timber deadener, surveyor’s helper, plumber, answering service employee.” –Larry Brown This quote was in response to an interview question about the jobs Brown had held over…
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