The Rough Cut
When you share your life with a reality TV editor, you learn that reality often winds up on the cutting-room floor.
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6 July 2010: Afternoon
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
Libraries of the Imagination
Having recently resumed my status, as Facebook would state it, of being “in a relationship,” and having adopted a three-month-old Labrador-Australian Cow Dog hybrid named Beny (about whom you will no doubt hear more about in the future), I find myself again more paying attention to the
6 July 2010: Morning
Times investigation into Israeli settlers funded by tax-exempt American charity. Political leaders' pay ranked by ratio to their country's GDP per person. David Brooks is a Republican Party of one, adored by the White House as "the persuadable opposition." Pin-up examples of Japan&
2 July 2010: Weekend
New take on the Russian spies lacking secrets: They are mostly bored parents. Eight percent of Russians believe they'll win the World Cup--despite not playing. There is always time to revisit pictures of Putin, man of action. Petraeus loves the idea of turning Afghanistan into a "
The Constant Gardener
A spate of arrests reveals Russian spies have been living undetected in the U.S., posting on Facebook—and tending to their gardens.
1 July 2010: Afternoon
Today BP's slick became the Gulf of Mexico's largest-ever oil spill. Ft. Lauderdale brothers bottle, sell "oil spill water," donate profits to animal protection. New Orleans chef slaps BP with a lawsuit, faces blogging critics who say she scrimps on seafood. Within days
1 July 2010: Morning
Latin American economies surging forward due to deepening engagement with Asia. Netherlands offered to clean most of the BP spill for free; U.S. declined because "most" wasn't sufficient. Alleged psychic octopus predicts Germany victory over Argentina. Supposedly meritocratic France to crack open its deeply non-
Fantasy Road Trips
If gas was free, vacation days were unlimited, and your schedule was as open as the road ahead, where would you go? Our staff and readers unfold their maps.
A Listing Ship
Integrating the bulletins from the real world (for lack of a better phrase) with the books one chooses to read, and the movies and videos one views, is no small task, especially for dedicated, inveterate readers. As a youth I recall being able to compartmentalize the characters and storylines, or