Jennifer Egan
Our man in Boston sits down to chat with author Jennifer Egan about her new novel, A Visit From the Goon Squad, and what it's like to write in PowerPoint.
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18 August 2010: Morning
A city in the southern Netherlands seeks to end drug tourism by keeping it legal only for the Dutch. How "three cups of tea" has become shorthand in the U.S. military for winning trust in Afghanistan. U.S. watermelon farmers focus on small, seedless "personal melons&
18 August 2010: Afternoon
Australia's prime minister calls for a republic as soon as Queen Elizabeth dies. God save the queen: Jonathan Bell explains the distinction between English and British. Scavengers pull up Gaza Airport's runways to recover and sell gravel underneath. Nature sells on television--pet shows struggle outside
17 August 2010: Morning
In Westhampton Beach, N.Y., a new bookstore comes to town and a war begins. From the attic: Pitchaya Sudbanthad's 2005 profile of Brooklyn's Freebird Books. Park Slope residents are unsure whether the white-painted stroller is a memorial or a warning. Mailer waxes on graffiti:
Seventeen Thousand Gallons Will Find Its Way Out
In the heat of a Carolina summer, nothing’s better than a nice swim, assuming the pool doesn’t explode.
17 August 2010: Afternoon
New Jersey's Christie warns G.O.P. from going too far with mosque story; Gingrich goes Nazi. Wives and children of Catholic priests push to end celibacy ban. For the non-celibate: Erik Bryan explains whom you can date (flowchart included). How human psychology ensures the strictest religions
Trainset Ghetto
Boarded-up windows in abandoned brick buildings, grass growing from sidewalk cracks, rusty storefronts—the cycle of a city’s evolution and abandonment is familiar. Artist Peter Feigenbaum reimagines these ghettos in miniature, using components from toy train sets and more.
16 August 2010: Afternoon
The week ahead in news: natural disasters in Russia, Pakistan, and China. Gaza doctor writes anti-hate book after three daughters were killed by an Israeli shell. Why it's hard to return looted art: centuries of wartime theft mean few can identify the original owner. I'm
16 August 2010: Morning
Violence spreads across Iraq as attacks escalate during Ramadan; U.S. military says it's an attempt to shake confidence in the police. "As a person I was paralyzed." Haiti's president tells how the quake shook him. South Korean president suggests a tax to fund
13 August 2010: Weekend
Bulgaria hopes its John the Baptist bones will attract tourists and their money. Post-Sept. 11 funding expanded the Coast Guard's duties to include oil spills; Deepwater revealed gaps in oversight. Behind the Economist's advertising, which "tugs at the insecurities and ambitions of the status-