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A Visit with Patrick Leigh Fermor, Part 2

P.L.F. on Ithaca, 1946 See Part 1 here. Already familiar as I was with the main events of Paddy’s military career, I asked him to fill in the gaps. What had ...

May 24, 2013 04:00 PM

Do Not Eat Library Paste

Deeply tragic, deeply instructive. Via Dangerous Minds.

May 24, 2013 02:30 PM | 1 comments

What We’re Loving: Boar Hearts, Panic, and Shirley Jackson

Laurel Nakadate, Kalispell, Montana #1, 2013. I stayed up much too late finishing Shirley Jackson’s newly reissued Hangsaman—and then was so spooked it ...

May 24, 2013 12:19 PM | 1 comments

Your Borders Gift Card Is Useless, and Other News

“Useless, useless.” —John Wilkes Booth Listen to James Salter read (Booker-winning!) Lydia Davis’s “Break It Down.” We sort of would have ...

May 24, 2013 09:45 AM

What We Wish We Were: On Biopic-Mania

Sometimes there are things you didn’t know you wanted to see. Like Michael Douglas, spangled and rouged, arms out in a white ostrich-trimmed cape, prancing ...

May 23, 2013 03:11 PM | 1 comments

Choose Your Own Adventure: Author Edition

Herewith, a handy-dandy infographic that lays out the basic publishing options for an author. Via Jane Friedman. Click the image to access a zoomable ...

May 23, 2013 01:10 PM