Posts Tagged ‘ New York City ’

Americans, Soccer, and the Holy Trinity; Or, the World Sauna Championship is (Much) More Popular than the NFL

August 11, 2010
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Americans, Soccer, and the Holy Trinity;  Or, the World Sauna Championship is (Much) More Popular than the NFL

Now that soccer has receded back into the corner of the collective American sporting consciousness, I feel I can write about it without boring anyone too much.
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2 Sentence Review: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran-Foer

March 18, 2010
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2 Sentence Review: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran-Foer

After Oskar Schell walked me around New York City, I closed my copy of Jonathan Safran-Foer’s Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close and wrote this note on the inside cover, “a must read.” Idiosyncratic characters, multiple perspectives, drawings, colored mark-up, quirky dialogue, an honest reaction to a catastrophic event (9/11), what more could you want...
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Letters to Inspiring Writers: Dear Alastair Harper

October 13, 2008
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Letters to Inspiring Writers: Dear Alastair Harper

From: <revisingproust@nonpretentious.com> Sent: Mon Oct 13 XX:XX To: Alastair Harper Priority: Normal Subject: A Fan’s Evaluation Type: HTML Msg Dear Alastair: I’m not a psychiatrist so don’t assume anything that I write below has any scientific basis or medical value. However, I’ve read _Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You_ (or at least half...
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