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Weekend Edition

David Foster Wallace’s editor at Little, Brown shares some of Wallace’s editing notes with the Infinite Summer crowd. There’s still time to read and join!

Blog dedicated to very bad library books.

Digital ramble through the aesthetics of summer blockbusters; TMN readers and staff on much the same.

Study of “the gulf between literature’s abstract power and the trivia that always attends its creation.”

Ten steps to producing the worst possible author photo.

Musicians’ “coolness” determined by how often their songs are deleted or marked “guilty pleasure.”

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THE FOOTNOTES TOO

Infinite Summer

All summer long, take part in an endurance read of Infinite Jest, sponsored by TMN.
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GALLERIES

Black Patches

Artwork by Trevor Paglen, interview by Rosecrans Baldwin

The Non-Expert

God Save the Queen From You Chumps

Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week, Englishman JONATHAN BELL defends his nation against a cursing student of Anglo-Saxons.

Of Recent Note

Favorite Worst Movies

Summer movies tend to crush box-office records, dumbfound critics, and be terrible. Our STAFF AND READERS tell us about the movies they know they shouldn’t love.

The Novice

How to Hunt

Those who can’t do, learn. As part of our series in which the clueless apprentice with the experts, NICOLE PASULKA gets licensed, wakes up very early, and tracks turkeys in the woods.

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