September 2011
31 posts
“Love is about bottomless empathy, born out of the heart’s revelation that...”
– Jonathan Franzen, in a New York Times piece adapted from the commencement speech he delivered May 21 at Kenyon College
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Junior Boys “Teach Me How to Fight”
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Simple Living Manifesto: 72 Ideas to Simplify Your... →
Or, the short list: (1) Identify what’s most important to you. (2) Eliminate everything else.
The Wrens “I’ve Made Enough...
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“It seemed a romantic business to be a successful literary man — you were...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, On Booze
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“A clean break is something you cannot come back from; that is irretrievable...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, On Booze
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“Debut: the first time a young girl is seen drunk in public.”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, On Booze
“I went home and ate my string beans, but instead of turning on the TV that...”
– Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad
“Freedom was a word that everyone mentioned but none of us knew. There...”
– Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin
“And, walking through the slanting secondhand light toward Rockefeller Center and...”
– Jay McInerney, How It Ended: New and Collected Stories
“I know that, physically, I’m a very demure-looking person. But I certainly have...”
– Annie Clark (St. Vincent) interviewed by Pitchfork
“I came to this weird realization, reading about what’s going on in Africa and...”
– Patton Oswalt, interviewed in The Onion A.V. Club
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Bored to Death: Season One on sale for just $13.99 (65% off $39.98 list price) today only from Amazon.
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Daria Complete Animated Series available today only for $25.99 (64% off the $72.99 list price) on Amazon.
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