30 November 2009: Afternoon By The Morning News — 30 Nov 2009 Five things Obama should consider while laying out his new Afghanistan strategy. News to anticipate this week. Instapaper for the commute: How a Cuban novelist describes the Revolution to taxi drivers. See also: America vs. the Narrative. Contemplating the conundrums in describing waning sexual desire in the D.S.M. How the H1N1 vaccine is made, and why it requires so many eggs. Brian Eno: Nothing is uncool anymore, and this is good news. Examples of ever-present beauty in Gerhard Richter's "4900 Colours, Version II." Metrics of very big ocean liners. Photos: Gold-rush era ghost ship. Environmental activists want Copenhagen to become a 10-years-later Seattle. Fifty years afterward, a look at In Cold Blood's genesis and legacy, and the end of Capote's career. From 2004: Why you don't want a big advance on your first novel; from 2009: First-time novelist on being panned in the Times. Crime books to give, S.F. books to give. Video: Friend gets lost at a Knicks game.
