January 2009
47 posts
Widely believed to harbor corrupt ambitions, impeached, and accused of...
– Stephen Burt | “To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield” | Poetry Foundation (via opalandtheidiot)
Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn’t seen it) on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
Some 20th century presidents held “Minorities Dinners” at their...
– The first suppers: A tradition of inaugural meals - Los Angeles Times
Of course, the biggest disappointment was Gore’s failure to handle...
– TA Frank: The change we need | Comment is free | The Guardian
These are people who obeyed the social contract and are *still* getting it in...
– The WELL: Bruce Sterling: State of the World, 2009
I go by many names: Buju Banton,
Camel Light, the New York Times.
Point being,...
– Alien vs. Predator: Poetry: The New Yorker
It is just after midnight in Harare. I have just returned from a midnight tour...
– Letter from Zimbabwe | (EN) Africa Can —via Brad DeLong
And if you were Edmund Gosse, a good friend of Henry James, and if, in October...
– Literary Lives: The Very Bad Review: The New Yorker —via a comment by Abhay Khosla