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Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
The January 23rd issue of the New Yorker has a thoughtful profile of Ian McEwan by Daniel Zalewski ("The Background Hum -Ian McEwan’s art of unease.")
I was particularly amused by this:
Greg, McEwan’s younger son, entered the sitting room in a bright-blue bathrobe. He had spiky black hair and his ...
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Sunday, April 13th, 2008
I realize the teetering pile of New Yorkers on the coffee table is de rigueur for the so-called Washington Intellectual. The Stack demonstrates that one is witty and clever enough to subscribe, but much to busy and important to actually read.
Nevertheless, my constant low-level skirmishes with the encroaching clutter ...
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
I'm in the middle of several books (no news there), but I took a break from bookishness to plow through the random New Yorker debris piling up on the coffee table. I do skim them when they first arrive and often read whole articles, particularly if they concern current events. ...
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