Carolyn Kellogg: Not a Fan of Don Lee

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Edward Champion's Return of the Reluctant | 07/05/08 12:59

Pinky’s Paperhaus: “It’s OK if you have a guy leave a highly successful NY art career, even a People’s 50 Most Beautiful People kind of successful art career, for a smalltown California Brussels sprouts farm, and it’s OK that he’s the last holdout against the evil corporate developers who want his land for a golf...

  If You Don’t Love America, Roll Your Own Nation

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Edward Champion's Return of the Reluctant | 07/05/08 8:24

Chicago Tribune: “Welcome to the Republic of Molossia.”

  Subwaymarine

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Edward Champion's Return of the Reluctant | 07/04/08 11:29

Ever wonder what happens to abandoned subway cars? Well, apparently, retired subway cars have proven to be quite helpful to the fish population just off coast of Delaware. Cars are dumped into the water, and the subway car’s roomy confines has resulted in fish taking to the cars like, well, water. (There [...]

  Reason #482 Why Salman Rushdie is a Colossal Douchebag

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Edward Champion's Return of the Reluctant | 07/04/08 9:56

Los Angeles Times: “It was as a puckish media figure rather than as that ‘employee’ that he attended Vanity Fair’s post-Oscar party and met Robert Altman — one of Rushdie’s proudest moments. ‘Late that night,’ Rushdie said, ‘I found him leaning against a bench at the...

  Atmospheric Disturbances by Rivka Galchen

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Bookdwarf | 07/03/08 11:18

Atmostpheric Disturbances seems like the kind of book I would like. I avoided reading any reviews until I had a chance to read it, even the long piece by James Wood in the New Yorker a few weeks ago. I found the plot about doppelgangers interesting initially. Who doesn’t wonder who would notice if you [...]

  THURSDAY MARGINALIA

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The Elegant Variation | 07/03/08 2:01

NPR (which has actually bucked the trend and expanded book coverage) is the latest outlet to fall hard for the glorious Netherland ... (Speaking of Netherland, there will be no giveaway this week - we're going dark for the holiday...

  Roundup

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Edward Champion's Return of the Reluctant | 07/03/08 0:20

The publishing offices are closed. Many now salivate for fireworks, barbeque, and more intriguing acts of lunacy that serve as an excuse to celebrate the 232nd occasion of this nation’s existence. What then does another roundup bring to all this putative jingoism? Perhaps not much. Which is just as well. [...]