Friday, March 12, 2010
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Weekend Edition
Welcome to Trinidad: The world’s newest narcostate.
New law allows Berlusconi to evade corruption charges again.
Must-read: José Saramago’s incredible, vicious “The Berlusconi Thing.”
Victim of financial crisis lives off hotel points.
Instapaper for Saturday: Bruni profiles how Katie Lee came about.
Anatomy of two penpals’ mathematical friendship (or try the audio version).
Hate mail from third graders about Pluto’s planetary demotion.
Homemade 12x CD-R compilation of punk bands fronted by female vocalists from 1977 to 1989.
Lucky for Bobby I earned a first aid merit badge in the Boy Scouts. Confessions of a Las Vegas call bear.
New underwear made from banana fibers; also incredible: Germany’s hanging railway.
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The Non-Expert
Are Your Cats Really Adorable or Just Regular Adorable?
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. According to CHOIRE SICHA, this year’s census has 50 questions you may not see coming.Interviews
A Conversation With Philip Graham
As lightbulbs are to the moon, first stories are to finished books. JOHN WARNER chats with the writer Philip Graham, his former professor, about finding topics, developing mentors, and reaching readers.Spoofs & Satire
Melancholy Whores’ Memories of Gabriel García Márquez
All the magical realism in the world won’t make you good in bed, or so recall the Nobel Prize winner’s escorts, as recounted by TYLER STODDARD SMITH.
Star Black
The poet and artist explains what her students never realize, and why Ashbery should be read joyfully.
You do not leave the road; to leave the road is to die. You are given an orange safety vest, so they can find your body, in case you don’t listen.
The Big Trouble
Michael Lewis’s offers a new, lucid account of some very muddy waters.
- Poetry • Remembering the Dead
- Iconography • Mr. Clutch
- Apropos of Nothing • The Story’s the Thing
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