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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Currently: Birnbaum reviews the new Marie Ponsot collection, with two of her best poems excerpted. http://tmne.ws/14683
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Jennifer Daniel

Jennifer Daniel
TMN Contributing Artist Jennifer Daniel is not famous. Maybe-definitely Brooklyn’s best totally unknown illustrator, she divides her time between art directing at The New York Times and her one-woman design studio, where she specializes in awesome. Occasionally award-winning, her work has been printed in many fancy publications.

Second Place Is First to Lose

The current war between console makers is bloody, and sides must be chosen. Concluding his series on the video games that have formed him, TODD LEVIN looks to the next generation. (Consoles I Have Known | August 21, 2008)

Tilt

In his fifth tour through modern gaming, TODD LEVIN looks back to the dot-com boom years when money grew on trees, dreams were cast, and happiness could be delivered via Urbanfetch. (Consoles I Have Known | June 4, 2008)

Praystation

Continuing his series on the games that made him a man, TODD LEVIN discovers Chinatown’s black market for gaming, and risks his dating life and his career for long nights of back-alley entertainment. (Consoles I Have Known | April 9, 2008)

Three Thousand Head-Butts

Strong men also play video games: TODD LEVIN continues his memoir of gaming systems with the Sega Genesis, and the story of how a young depressed man became a bear, dragon, tiger, and man-wolf. (Consoles I Have Known | March 4, 2008)

The Most Competitive Man Alive

Continuing his saga through the gaming systems that formed him, TODD LEVIN recounts the lessons found in his first Nintendo, particularly as taught by the highs and lows of Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out. (Consoles I Have Known | January 31, 2008)

A Very Weird and Blocky Future

How many video games does it take to make a man? TODD LEVIN begins an epic new series to trace his life in gaming systems. Part one: paddles to jump-start your heart, and the end-all, be-all red fire button. (Consoles I Have Known | January 9, 2008)


TODAY’S FEATURE

What It Takes to Make the Sainthood

Saturday is election day. Sunday is the Super Bowl. From Mardi Gras nights to mayoral panels, NICOLE PASULKA surveys two big fights in New Orleans to get things right.

OUR MAN IN BOSTON

Grace and Ease

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Star Black

Star Black is a poet, photographer, and collage artist living and working in New York City. She’s released five books of poems, has taught...