December 2010
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How Oprah's Book Club Gets Dickens—and... →
ewilcox:
This article is EXACTLY how I feel about Oprah’s Book Club, but put into better wording than I could ever come up with. People I know who swear by it defend themselves by saying things like “At least Oprah is getting people to read!” … But Hillary Kelly explains why the way she gets people to read is far less than ideal.
Since its inception in 1996, the Book Club has carved its niche...
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“If someone breaks your heart, just punch them in the face. Oh sure, it seems...”
– Chuck Klosterman (via tiportiff)
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Emoticon of the Day: John Lennon
thedailywhat:
((°J°))
[mefi.]
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“MODERATOR 1: Okay. Which designers do you prefer?
SECRETARY CLINTON: What...”
– Hillary Clinton is asked what designers she wears moments after making point about sexism (via)
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Reblogz 4 dayzzzzzzzz
sharingtime:
I hope Zooey Deschanel’s tumblr is one comprised solely of reblogs of pictures of herself at movie premieres.
That way she’ll be just as original as the rest of the community.
Yeah, I’m kind of hoping it’ll be just like What I Wore, except, you know, without the commentary (no need to gild the lily, Zooey).
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we r drunk party perry california ke$ha future...
agrammar:
If you are maybe sitting at work waiting to go out and get trashed tonight, and thinking about that, and maybe looking for something medium-lengthish to read about Katy Perry and Ke$ha and drunkenness and parties and the past and future of our nation and stuff along those lines, then here is something I wrote about that general range of topics, except that I don’t mention your job...
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New versions of classic books →
ewilcox:
This article is interesting. In a way where I have knee-jerk disagreements with it and mutter “cynic” under my breath while reading it.
As Lourie and many others have pointed out, Dostoyevsky the 19th-century writer was ably translated by Constance Garnett, who was born in 1861 and knew Leo Tolstoy. Of course, Garnett’s handiwork is in the public domain and Pantheon and Viking, which...
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