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February 2013
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You Are Boring, and So Am I...
yourmonkeycalled:
Here’s the full text of a piece I wrote for The Magazine a few months ago. I really enjoyed writing it, and would like to thank Marco once again for publishing it there. If you haven’t checked out The Magazine yet, you should. Anyway, here’s why you’re a total snooze:
Everything was going great until you showed up. You see me across the crowded room, make your way over, and...
January 2013
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Don’t fucking lie. Seriously, don’t fucking lie. Don’t claim to have been the...
– Ta-Nehisi Coates, on writing a memoir. (via theatlantic)
December 2012
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He’s KGB. It’s in the blood.
– One of my students on Putin.
Kyle Cassidy's Image Stream: Why the Philadelphia... →
kylecassidy:
Why the Philadelphia Orchestra Should Have More of My Money (and How They Should Get It)
(Originally published here where you can add comments.)
Trillian and I have been members of the Philadelphia Orchestra for a number of years now. We’ve watched them change — trying to find the right…
Really interesting points on new revenue streams for orchestras (and other...
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Being in media is terrifying right now. Whereas in the old days, you wrote...
– Alexis Madrigal (via theatlantic)
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November 2012
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September 2012
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August 2012
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I don’t like this expression ‘First World problems.’ It is false and it is...
– Teju Cole (via semperes)
July 2012
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June 2012
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The dirty little secret is no longer sex; the dirty little secret is hatred and...
– Philip Roth, The Art of Fiction No. 84 (via theparisreview)
May 2012
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Gatsby is a book that has come to mean something to peoplethat sometimes feels...
– Ta-Nehisi Coates, on The Great Gatsby. (via theatlantic)
April 2012
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We need the possibility of escape as surely as we need hope; without it the life...
– Desert Solitaire
March 2012
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It is thus, if there is any rule, that we ought to die—neither as victim...
– Howard’s End
He was obeyed, yet he inspired neither love nor fear. He inspired uneasiness. ...
– Heart of Darkness
But you’re not one of them. You are not in the least bit creative. You...
– Pravda
February 2012
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December 2011
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