Month / January 2007
William Shawn’s Old Office
PM Roundup
- Happy five years Largehearted Boy!
- Forget the Oscars. The big deal awards ceremony to watch is The Razzies. Basic Instinct 2 is the front-runner, with seven Razzie nominations.
- RIP, Ron Carey. I guess you made detective after all.
- Robert Fulford on literary rejection.
- Frank Wilson isn’t kidding about all the books he gets.
- Here’s one way to support McSweeney’s while the AMS thing gets sorted out. (via Scott)
- Congrats TJ.
- David Kipen on the Big Read. (via Mark)
- George Bush’s approval rating has hit 28%, making him (along with Nixon during Watergate) the most unpopular president since World War II.
- Ice chess in London and Moscow. (via Alan DeNiro)
- If you “feel like a traitor,” chances are you are one.
- 30 Books in 30 Days? Nice ambition, Freeman. This calls for an even crazier literary stunt. Something this year. I have some ideas.
- Wait a sec, VanderMeer. I thought you were done with The New Weird!
Salma Hayek Apologizes for Oscar Snubs Against Mexicans; White Men Contrive More Ways to Celebrate White Men
Mayor Lee Swaney Transforms Overnight Into Sweet Valley High Villain
New York Times: “‘There will be nothing but baseball and football down there as long as I am mayor,’ Lee Swaney, a retired owner of a heating and air-conditioning business, told the local paper. ‘Those fields weren’t made for soccer.'” (via MeFi)