New York's currently: watching its friends reproduce Scooty pleads not guilty to lying in leak case. Where the anger just won't cool, eight nights of rioting in Paris yield hundreds of cars torched (video here). Louisiana owes FEMA $3.7 billion unless Congress forgives its debt.
It doesn't really matter which book by Lorrie Moore you pick up first, because they’ll all floor you. Not one of her stories is cozy or cliched. She takes the piss out of everything; life and language are far from sacrosanct. Her characters are all ordinary people—
New York's currently: checking weather once, dressing twice European locations of secret CIA prisons are in Poland and Romania, according to Human Rights Watch. Iraq government invites ex-Hussein army officers back to work. The war on terror, now officially won: Airports to relax security. Health experts at
Traveling soon? Melville House Press has released a bunch of classic novellas—everything from Kipling to Edith Wharton to Tolstoy’s The Devil (sexy and tormented), to Stevenson’s The Beach at Falsea (worth reading just for the narrator’s idioms). The novella remains an art form not well supported
November is National Beard Month—but before you stop shaving you’d better have a close look at your options. An explanation of common facial hairstyles, including notes on those best avoided.
New York's currently: breezy, cool, and working its tail off CIA operates overseas secret prison system to house and interrogate captives. Dems force Senate into secret session, demanding promised inquiry into prewar intelligence (like Cheney and Scooter's lost papers). Yankees warn A-Rod to stop visiting
The Morning News is seeking a copy editor. This is an unpaid position, but if the willing and able editor lives in New York City, he or she can expect drinks. Duties will include editing two to three articles a week for spelling, grammar, punctuation, factual accuracy, and style; regular
In Sheffield, England, Richard Hawley’s hometown, Coles Corner is the place where lovers meet before an evening of romance. No other word could come as close to describing what his newest album, Coles Corner, feels like: romance. As a guitarist Hawley is an an ex-Longpig and ex-Pulp,
New York's currently: sunning in November Who is nominee Alito? For foes, it may all come down to one case. Seven U.S. troops killed near Baghdad, making October the fourth deadliest month since the war began. Desperation at Guantanamo drives many to suicide attempts. Press secretary Scott
Comic book collector, superhero aficionado, and novelist Chip Kidd, who pays his rent designing book covers, mostly for the House of Knopf, is the subject of the new mid-career retrospective Chip Kidd: Book One: Work: 1986-2006. In addition to a remarkable assemblage of book covers of bestsellers and
