17 December 2007: Afternoon By The Morning News — 17 Dec 2007 This is not what I've come to expect from the House of Representatives. New speaker of the house caught wearing women's clothing. The fascinating transformation of Raymond Carver's "Beginners" into editor Lish's "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love." "The Cutting of Raymond Carver." What it's like to be agent Andrew Wylie, "more famous than many of the 600-plus authors he represents." Video: What it's like to live without heat or hot water in New York City. What it's like to live in Paris on paychecks paid in dollars. Op: Nice to see that the top progressive white candidate isn't above suggesting that the top progressive black candidate used to be a drug dealer. In discussing popularity of low-quality mp3s, journalist keeps pincers prized on crabmeat analogy. In today's Books Digest, Robert Birnbaum offers the best cure for sadness. In today's gallery, William Bird tours us through the history of modern American holiday displays. Today's long read: Really the Cantos is, or are--or perhaps was or were--a nut-job blog before the fact The only thing you need to know about Basel Miami: Nut jobs bought $400 million in art in four days. Nuts: Survey of splashy bottled (holy) water brands. Perhaps you haven't heard that squash is the new splashy sport: a primer. A primer on sexual responses, after considering the desires of "genderblind" flies. Be not blind to children's Santa letters, and other heartwarming things to do around New York this time of year.
