Jerome Weeks complains about Pynchon and writes (even though he admits that he hasn’t read the entirety of Mason & Dixon), “His best work remains The Crying of Lot 49. There’s something to be said for succinctness.”
I couldn’t agree more (on the succint part, that is). Which makes me wonder why Weeks didn’t just type “I hate Pynchon” and hit the Publish button.
Jack Green’s manifesto holds true in the 21st century.
Sarah talks with Richard Powers.
10 Zen Monkeys collates the theories, getting several email responses back from Denton, Congdon, and Douglas himself.
Editor & Publisher: “After a typically contrarian column today (behind the Times’ paid wall) — in which he said that voters in last week’s election want ‘gridlock,’ not action, in the next Congress — Tierney suddenly announced: ‘Whatever they do the next two years, I won’t be here to kick them around. This is my last column on the Op-Ed page. I’ve enjoyed the past couple of years in Washington, but one election cycle is enough. I’m returning full time to the subject and the city closest to my heart: science and New York. I’ll be writing a column and a blog for the Science Times section.'”
Boy, between him and Jonah Goldberg, conservatives sure seem to be imploding these days. Wonder why that could be?
Eric Rosenfield feels the hate for NaNoWriMo, Max responds.