I've been bad, I know

I've been working at The Mark. News, insights, and perspectives, daily. Me and two other guys work the news.

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Lions and Tigers and Bears

Right on, WSJ. We can't all just write Ulysses in our spare time, can we.

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MY VOCABULARY DID THIS TO ME

M V D T T M.

Featuring J.G. Ballard's death, schizophrenic vision, Nabokov's unfinished masterwork, trouble at the NYT and more.

HAPPY WEEKEND!

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RIP J. G. Ballard

Dystopian British novelist J. G. Ballard, whose Crash inspired David Cronenberg's film of the same name, and whose Super-Cannes won the Commonwealth Writer's Prize in 2000, died today. May he rest in peace, though he did not so while living. Galleycat reports.

MY VOCABULARY DID THIS TO ME

Better late than never: this week's MVDTTM.

For the Richtel piece ("If Only Literature Could be a Cellphone-Free Zone"), you may have to google search the article name instead of clicking on the link to avoid the nonsubscriber time-out.

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MY VOCABULARY DID THIS TO ME

Easter special edition at The Daily Value includes bits and bytes on the maternal influence on Faulkner, Anne Michaels's new novel, Wells Tower, Griffin prize finalists and the Ninja Turtles.

HAPPY WEEKEND!

JESSICA EATON at Hunter and Cook

No posts yesterday because I've been working on the above review, which you can read here.

Time over the next week is devoted to another piece, so, until MVDTTM Friday.

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