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The Love Boat has an evil twin! Set on a cruise ship in the aftermath of 9/11, Jung Yun's "All the World Can Hold" probes American escapism amid political strife. Here's my review for @bostonglobe.com, with thanks to @katekilla.bsky.social for the opportunity. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/04/a...
π Great to see @saribotton.bsky.social and Oldster in @nytimes.com π
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/s...
Gently, gently: if you are asking a favor of me, and youβre clearly using AI to write the email, I will be sending your email directly to the trash bin.οΏΌ
Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist
Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.
I think the coolest thing we do at The Verge is publish comics. This one is brilliant (and behind the scenes, an absolute beast of engineering)
A reminder to subscribe to @roncharles.bsky.social βs substack! open.substack.com/pub/roncharl...
Ugh. Hungry for Affirmation, Vulnerable to Scams: As a Writer, I Know the Feeling www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/b...
I wouldnβt have the life in publishing that Iβve been so lucky to have if it wasnβt for her, at one time, believing in me. I will be grateful forever. Today I am sad.
Ann Godoff, a Top Editor and Publisher of Best Sellers, Dies at 76 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/b...
Allison Hill on the difficulty and triumph of being a bookseller now. Love books? Read this: www.shelf-awareness.com/theshelf/202...
There is a special place in hell for you, Jeff Bezos.
A Wake for The Washington Postβs Books Section www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/b...
I can't get over this number: in 2007, there were 360,000 newspaper jobs. Now, there are 80,000. "My local paper sucked!" Sure. What sucks even more? The void. "I get all my news from the Guardian!" No, the Guardian doesn't report on your town council, your school board, local cops.
Theyβre giving real βpick me!β energy. π’
Today's @nytimes.com Book Review table of contents sure suggests they have a lot of questions:
Event commemorating Book World at Politics and Prose on Connecticut Avenue at 5 oβclock February 21st.
If youβre in DC tomorrow and want to see a lot of bookish people in one place, I have good news:
Jynne beautifully captures what was so special about Michael Silverblatt (and the old days of publishing): www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
I wrote about one part of my reaction to recent events: the importance and nuance of what it means to subscribe to something.
Old photograph of a wave in the ocean.
On this day in 1942, Executive Order 9066 was signed, forcing over 120,000 Japanese Americans into concentration camps. #DayofRemembrance
Among the internees were individuals who embraced photography as an important means of artistic expression in the 1920s and 1930s.
Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647.
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If you're in D.C. a week from tomorrow, there's an event at Politics & Prose honoring the history of Book World. I think the tone will likely be less funerary than you might imagine. I know my comments will be. politics-prose.com/tribute-book...
KCRW has a live tribute to Michael Silverblatt right now. Wonderful replays of many of his author interviews. Sontag, Spiegelman, Beattie, etc. www.kcrw.com/live-now
The stories I haveβ¦may his memory be a blessing: Michael Silverblatt has died. www.latimes.com/california/s...
"I haven't been in such a rage in a long time. But, where does one dump one's rage?" ~Martha #Gellhorn (d. 15 Feb 1998 #OTD), letter to #EleanorRoosevelt
Okay. Well. Anyway. There is no path forward for Bard + Botstein, soβ¦tick tock. www.thedailycatch.org/articles/fak...
This story does a good job of collecting the threads involving Jeffrey Epstein, a Juilliard student who he called βmy tall blonde violinistβ and Leon Botstein.
Jaw dropping Botstein Epstein story from Red Hook Rhinebeck @thedailycatch.bsky.social www.thedailycatch.org/articles/eps...
a new cartoon, for the romantics among you
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Yay Banner!
Botstein + Epstein + @bardcollege.bsky.social Red Hook Rhinebeckβs @thedailycatch.bsky.social has the story: www.thedailycatch.org/category/sch...
For example⦠This is pretty bad.
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