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Notes on Entertainment
Entertainment Weekly has always been my favorite tabloid. Even with the high quality of analysis for all things low-brow that Slate and Gawker now provide, EW still has its plac... ...read more
What to talk about when you talk about the New Yorker this weekend and whom it might impress
This week’s must-read is a “A Murder Foretold,” in which David Grann tells one of the most sensational stories of martyrdom I’ve read–in journalism or fiction. Long, but w... ...read moreThings Learned From This Week’s New Yorker
The New Yorker this week investigates the crisis in Japan, plus a “style focus.” The Japan coverage from The New Yorker is particularly insightful and touching. Even if you’re ... ...read moreWhat I learned from US Weekly
Number 15 on Blink-182 drummer, Travis Barker’s “25 things you don’t know about me” interview is, “Nobo makes my favorite corn tempura.” The London press refe... ...read moreOpinions Gained From This Week’s New York Magazine
Here are some questions that might come up at a dinner party whose answers lie in this week’s issue of New York Magazine: Q: What’s happening to New York’s... ...read moreFacts learned and opinions gained from the weeklies this week
devouring a Portland monthly In a sketch from IFC’s Portlandia, two friends meeting for coffee try to outdo each other’s hunger for publications. They’ve read ... ...read more
Granta’s Sex Issue
You’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but Granta’s new “Sex” themed issue is an exception. The cover is beautiful, tongue in cheek and whip-... ...read more
Three Feet Tall, Flat Broke, Unemployed, and Illiterate: Mary Karr in the Paris Review
The most recent issue of The Paris Review (No. 191) features an interview with the woman some blame for the memoirist maelstrom in contemporary publishing. It’s true that... ...read more
This Month in The Atlantic: Size Matters
Following a recommendation by the Daily Beast’s Tina Brown on NPR last week, I picked up a copy of this month’s Atlantic Monthly to read Michael Kinsley’s pie... ...read moreFollow Us
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