August 2011
13 posts
“In the 1930s there was legislation introduced to prevent Motorola from putting radios in dashboards, because it was thought that people couldn’t possibly cope with driving and listening to the radio.”
—Cathy Davidson talks with Slate about Our Kids’ Glorious New Age of Distraction - and how we shouldn’t be worried about the internet rotting their brains.
"An Empty Regard" →
nytimes.com
William Deresiewicz in the New York Times’ Sunday Review.
“My first piece of advice for anybody who is any kind of artist is to move to New York City. It is the best lesson in rejection. I mean, you just walk down the street, and you feel rejected by all the beautiful people around you. And you build up this armor. It’s the only way to survive here.”
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Kathryn Stockett
Katie Couric talks The Help with author Kathryn Stockett in this month’s Glamour.
Obama's Book Club →
thedailybeast.com
President Obama tackled Steve Coll’s Ghost Wars… have you?
Salmon of the Sea? →
theatlantic.com
In The Atlantic this month, Paul Greenberg fills us in on why we should be eating canned salmon instead of tuna…
“I’m not sure whether I’m more fascinated by Jon Ronson’s books about the world and the weird things that happen in it, or by his portrayal of himself in them – a wide-eyed, awkward person forever baffled by the strangeness of stuff, especially by people who claim to know what’s going on. I really want to hear him talk about psychopaths.”
—Neil Gaiman in anticipation of Jon Ronson’s Edinburgh Book Fest Appearance (via The Big Issue)
