6 July 2010: Afternoon By The Morning News — 06 Jul 2010 The summer (and beyond) book preview from The Millions includes TMN's Doerr, Guilfoile, and Baldwin. Tin House Books is now accepting unsoliciated manuscripts--if they're accompanied by a bookstore receipt. Related: A custom-made receipt to send in with your Tin House submission. A collection of odds and ends found in used books. Video: Ellen Dunham-Jones proposes rehabbing big-box stores, transforming parking lots into wetlands. Related: Photos of dead malls. Glenn Beck starts his own college, with three professors and $9.95 monthly tuition. With tarballs arriving on Texas beaches, BP's oil spill has now reached all five Gulf states. Scientist discusses the effects of oxytocin and the discovery that social networking triggers the "love hormone." Profile of the man who oversaw the rise and fall of Arabic rock 'n' roll. "These are things upon which you cannot force reason." The suspected Zionist video that enraptured Latin America. Composer Jason Robert Brown tracks down copyright infringers, fights (good-naturedly) with teenagers. Vanishing New York blogger searches the West Village for Hopper's Nighthawks inspiration.
