Remember how McDonalds would see virtually any food trend (pizza, tacos, chicken, cafe items, etc.) and would give it a whirl for a few months or years to suck the energy and goodwill out of a generation of consumers without the motivation to seek out more authentic experiences? I give you, The Indigo Baby Shop.
You don’t hear that very often, do you? Like Michael over at The Literary Saloon, I think translation should get more love. So I am pleased to see Harvard hosting this version of The Proust Questionnaire made specifically for them.
The book, co-written with Dana Vachon, is titled ‘Memoirs and Misinformation’ and will find the comedian taking on celebrity, acting, romance and other subjects, with Carrey writing, “None of this is real and all of it is true.”
Carrey, a fellow Canadian that I very much admire (I realize this won’t be popular with many others, but he’s a comedian who hit glorious heights in Hollywood then said fuck it, and instead of coming back as a trans-phobic asshole, he made himself into an artist with actual real-world relevance), has a novel of sorts coming in May. I’m going to buy it.
Amazon will pay ZERO in taxes on over $11 Billion in profits.
Thanks to the new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), Amazon’s federal tax responsibility is 21% (down from 35% in previous years). But with the help of tax breaks, according to corporate filings, Amazon won’t be paying a dime to Uncle Sam despite posting more than $11.2 billion in profits in 2018.
How is that possible?
“Shallow and threadbare” as a smile from Andrew Scheer.
Armitage, speaking on a new podcast from National Poetry Day and Michael O’Mara Books to celebrate the event’s 25th anniversary, said that when politicians use cliches it feels like “some kind of screen being erected in front of you”.
“One thing we tend to think about politicians is that they use language to get their own way,” he said. “The language of politics becomes very tired very quickly and it stops feeling like it has any truthfulness at all because it is just so shallow and threadbare.”
As it should be. She’s marvelous.
Sure, why not outfit them with gatling guns while you’re at it. And make sure their eyes can change colours between the soft blues of “War and Peace has taught me compassion for you, squishy human” to the piercing reds of “hasta la vista, baby”
One idea that researchers are exploring is teaching our intelligent machines about empathy by having them read our great works of literature. Immersing ourselves in fiction allows us to enter and better understand the worlds of others. Maryanne Wolf, in her book Reader Come Home, makes the connection: “Reading at the deepest levels may provide one part of the antidote to the noted trend away from empathy. But make no mistake: empathy is not solely about being compassionate toward others; its importance goes further. For it is also about a more in-depth understanding of the Other, an essential skill in a world of increasing connectedness among divergent cultures.”
Actually, if you hate poetry, just go buy all my books. If you still hate poetry after your money is in my pocket, well, I tried. But barring that strategy, John Burnside argues that you just need to read the right poems, and he offers some examples and commentary.
Ever thought to yourself, you know, I should be obsessed with Jeannette Winterson, but I just don’t know where to start? LitHub offers you a primer on how to reach your goal.
It’s one thing to threaten the publisher, they’re used to that. Threatening bookstores?
According to two knowledgeable sources, Howard—in an extraordinary step for a journalist who otherwise claims to favor the free flow of information—has retained the services of New York’s Kravet and Vogel, Sydney-based McLachlan Thorpe Partners, and the London-based Tweed law firm in an apparent campaign to suppress Farrow’s book, scheduled for publication on Oct. 15.
In addition to threatening Farrow and his publisher, Hachette, with a potential libel suit for an unreleased book that they have yet to read, Howard’s legal team has taken the unusual step of also warning booksellers that plan to stock Catch and Kill.
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