Variety Thrashes Baz’s Gatsby
“What Luhrmann grasps even less than previous adapters of the tale is that Fitzgerald was, via his surrogate Carraway, offering an eyewitness account of the decline of the American empire, not an invitation to the ball”
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E-books Available in Public Libraries in the US
All of the Big Six publishers have, for the first time, agreed to make e-books available to public library users (in the US).
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Susan Sontag on Lists
Tiger Writing by Gish Jen
Gish Jen discusses the differences between Asian and Western approaches to identity.
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Celebrating 4 Years of Longreads
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9 Letters From Young J.D. Salinger Unearthed
Earth Day Pictures
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