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Frank McCourt and the American Memoir

Jeff — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:00:18 +0000

The memoir genre has taken plenty of hits from moralists, fact checkers and freelance scolds in the 13 years since “Angela’s Ashes” sold four million…

Public Displays of Disaffection

Jeff — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:00:42 +0000

Gossip is how we establish cultural norms. Talking about others is our way to test the social boundaries — to learn what raises eyebrows, what…

Spent by Geoffrey Miller

Jeff — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:00:41 +0000

It is particularly ironic that the critics have hurled all the conventional accusations at Miller, since his version of evolutionary psychology is so different from…

On William T. Vollmann

Jeff — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:00:53 +0000

It’s not that Vollmann ultimately fails to get his point across. A reader can’t spend that much time with him without absorbing the bigger picture…

Dave Eggers on children and print culture

Jeff — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:00:54 +0000

The vast majority of students we work with read newspapers and books, more so than I did at their age. And I don’t see that…

Twilight of the Cultural Vanities

Jeff — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:00:57 +0000

Never mind recession-lightened wallets. James Wolcott of Vanity Fair is more concerned about what technology is doing to conspicuous cultural consumption, as literature, music and…

When novelists sober up

Jeff — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:00:17 +0000

Writers who drink are old hat. But what about writers who quit drinking? Tom Shone has been studying them for his new novel …

WHEN NOVELISTS…

Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be in the Media

Jeff — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:00:19 +0000

The only thing I’d add to this is that the obsession of some over Mediaite’s “Power Grid” pretty much confirms something I’ve long suspected—That of…

Gladwell Hates Most In Anderson What He Fails To See In Himself

Jeff — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:00:59 +0000

Gladwell Hates Most In Anderson What He Fails To See In Himself.

Sputnik Observatory For the Study of Contemporary Culture

Jeff — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:00:28 +0000

Sputnik Observatory For the Study of Contemporary Culture.