January 2009
11 posts
Dark hours
I wrote in today’s Monitor about “The Somme,” the new book by British historian Peter Hart.
In the Monitor: Whither the (indie) ebook? →
O Rlly?
I’m a big fan of the Boston Phoenix – where I was once an intern – and I don’t believe that newspaper’s audience intersects in any real way with the Monitor’s. Still – oh, well, whatever. You be the judge.
“Novel Idea: Twitter Fiction,” The Boston Phoenix, Jan. 19, 2009
“The novel by Tweet,” The Christian Science Monitor, Oct. 30, 2008
Search term: Detective
Finishing up a bundle of stories of Monitor stories and getting ready for a possible reporting trip down South. In the meantime:
I review two new books about Google in the Los Angeles Times.
I review A.C. Newman’s second disc, “Get Guilty,” in the Boston Globe.
Over at the Virginia Quarterly Review, I discuss why modern readers are drawn to retro-noir.
A major-key mess
I review the new Animal Collective disc in today’s Globe. On Wednesday, we’re sallying out to see the show at the Bowery.
Translations
Today’s the Monitor’s got my piece on Natasha Wimmer, the translator of “2666” and “Savage Detectives.” Read it here.
Of note
My Monitor story on Google was picked up by ABC.
John Yemma, the editor of the Monitor, was on Fresh Air this week.
Gone, but not forever
Blogged apologies about not posting enough to a blog are the fucking pits. Here’s what I’ve been up to lately:
Listening to the All-American Rejects
Getting infected by a weird virus
Playing with angels
Thinking about lying
Going to the theater, sort of
Searching for stuff
Watching Tel.a.vision
“Don’t Touch My Shit” is the jam. When the singer shrieks, “Don’t touch my...”
– Vice magazine