Monthly Archives: June 2009
The Rhys-Ford Affair, Over at Granta.com
My correspondence with Maud Newton on the novels Jean Rhys and Ford Madox Ford wrote after their affair is up over at Granta. For more, check out several of Maud’s posts on Rhys leading up to this, here, here and … Continue reading
What’s Wrong With the American Essay?
I’m spending some time at lunch today reading Christina Nehring’s excellent essay over at truthdig.com on what is wrong with the American Essay, and she’s making some excellent points: Are we, as readers, responsible for the decline of the American … Continue reading
“I got used to everything except the cold…” — On Jean Rhys and Ford Madox Ford
In reading for my upcoming exchange at Granta with Maud Newton over the novels Jean Rhys and Ford Madox Ford wrote about each other after their affair, I came across an anecdote about her I couldn’t use in what I … Continue reading
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Portrait of the United States Conducted in the Salaries of Insurance Executives
I’ve just been staring at these for a few minutes now. From Bob Cesca’s blog, the salaries of the highest paid health insurance CEOs: * Ron Williams – Aetna – Total Compensation: $24,300,112. * H. Edward Hanway – CIGNA – … Continue reading
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“The Heart of a Female Warrior”: Sam J. Miller Interviews Mary McConnell at Galactica Sitrep
In popular culture, we always imagine that the robots will want to exterminate us. There’s a real fear that as soon as machines become intelligent, they become a threat to us. Why do you think people have that knee-jerk reaction? … Continue reading
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The Warrior’s Way
Some Korean news I’m thinking about: Kim Jong Il is not so busy with the Euna Lee and Laura Ling controversy that he doesn’t have time to, uh, give notes to the performers of Eugene Onegin. Also, North Korea has … Continue reading
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The Beavers Have Returned to Scotland
My friend Peter Terzian, over at Bookforum, expounds on the career of George Wyndham, the ultimate late bloomer. The GOP is trying to complain about the cost of the Obama’s trip to New York, but they were memorably silent as … Continue reading
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“Asian American”
My friend Tayari Jones is featuring 8 Debut Novelists over at her blog, and this week’s writer is Marie Mutsuki Mockett, whose novel, Picking Bones From Ash, I blurbed. Tayari posted an essay of Marie’s struggle to publish. This quote … Continue reading
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