February 2010
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Bookfuturists
A few nights ago, the people behind some of my favorite site (Tomorrow Museum, Hilobrow, and Significant Objects) put together an event to discuss the future of books and storytelling. I wrangled together some friends, and we headed sans directions into the frosty night, toward the Microsoft NERD Center (New England Research and Development, real name).
What follows is a brain purge of ideas...
January 2010
3 posts
“First, try to be something, anything, else. A movie star/astronaut. A movie...”
– And this from Lorrie Moore on how to become a writer - Bobulate: Try to be anything else
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Earthquakes and Journalism: Think Tank : The New... →
Journalism is not a particularly esteemed profession, but its capacity to bear witness remains one of its more redeeming attributes. At moments like this in Haiti, a journalist’s function as a witness can be relatively uncomplicated, in comparison to, say, the processes of political or investigative reporting. In the field during a natural disaster of this scale, you do feel at times ghoulish and...