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New Hadju essays run from Beyoncé to Elmer Fudd.
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Small But Persistent
Glimmertrain’s new short fiction and news of imperiled writers around the globe.
Master of the Novella
Jim Harrison is appreciated everywhere, though apparently not in NYC.
5 January 2010: Afternoon
Despite idiot politicians, scientists are back to using spy-satellite pictures to study ice imagery. Move over, master of the ditch, it's time to celebrate the Flying Dutchman. Multiple murderers, including a multiple murderer, enjoy Wii. Slideshow: Fifteen pictures from 10 years at war. Five reasons to place
Field Notes From 89th Street
Native New Yorkers live a traditional village life: of multiple generations, friends from kindergarten, and ghosts. Taking a naturalist’s eye to a corner of the city.
5 January 2010: Morning
In November, Switzerland voted to ban new minarets; in protest, a shoe chain owner affixes one atop his warehouse. Op: As bases close and American units leave Iraq...the Iraqi government seems to have sabotaged that achievement. Morocco uses kissing to control crime. Taiwanese pleasure dens cater to fetish and
4 January 2010: Morning
Bernanke wants stronger regulation to prevent excessive speculation, which could fuel a new economic crisis. The Mediterranean Sea was plagued by blobs. Harper's Yearly Review. Why women writers aren't as celebrated as men may have more to do with relevance than gender. Sarah Hepola almost joins
4 January 2010: Afternoon
Beautiful pictures of 2010 being welcomed into being. Maira Kalman's final Happiness blog entry focusses on George Washington. Effigy of Obama taken down in Jimmy Carter's hometown. Recent Taliban bomber "found the flesh in our unmanned air force, seduced it, and slaughtered it." Mongolia
Guardians of the Art World
Andy Freeberg’s photos of the women who oversee Russian art museums and the front-desk attendants in Chelsea galleries turn context and background into art.
Readings Redux
Yardley ends “Second Readings,” a fine skein of retrospective reviews.