by | Mar 9, 2008 | Literary News
from the New York Times Formalities By JAMES LONGENBACH Published: March 9, 2008 Back in the 20th century, when such things seemed to matter, poets argued about the virtue of meter and rhyme. Occasionally the debate produced insights of lasting consequence, like...
by | Mar 8, 2008 | Los Angeles
from the Washington Post Hollywood’s Bugged Over Wiretaps LOS ANGELES, March 6 — “It’s the star-studded list Hollywood’s been waiting for,” gushed the trade paper Variety as opening arguments began Thursday in the criminal...
by | Mar 7, 2008 | Bright Shiny News, Mirth
Well, when we last left off with Bill, he was asking to be removed from the James Frey mailing list. Unfortunately, the only e-mail that Bill provided wasn’t in the database, so the e-mail list guy kindly wrote Bill and asked if he might have signed up under...
by | Mar 7, 2008 | Culture Music Art
from the New York Times On Ramps and Off, Free-Falling Through Time Gabe Nevins as Alex in the 2007 film “Paranoid Park,” directed by Gus Van Sant. photo by Scott Green/IFC Films By MANOHLA DARGIS Published: March 7, 2008 Paranoid Park is a swooping...