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Here's a mystery. The Vanity Fair article has Cormac McCarthy running off to Mexico in 1977 with a teenage girl. But in a 1974 letter to Hugh Kenner, Guy Davenport mentions that McCarthy had just run off to Mexico with a teenage girl. Did McCarthy do this more than once? Did…
Re the Cormac McCarthy Vanity Fair piece… There’s a major red flag early in the piece. Fact check the paperback of THE ORCHARD KEEPER that Augusta Britt says led her to recognize McCarthy from the author photo on the back. Ain’t no author photo on the book. @dan_sinykin
Anyone want to predict the future of the rare first edition market for Cormac McCarthy titles in coming years? November 20, 2024 is the day the prices froze.
Nov. 20, 1924: It's a remarkable story of love's triumph over war. During WWI a German baron was shot and captured by U.S. soldier Charles Cummings; the wounded POW then fell for a nurse who happened to be Cummings' sister. The lovers are married today in Omaha, Neb. BUT... 1/4
In the summer of 1963, John F. Kennedy staged his own death in a James Bond-inspired home movie directed by Jacquline Kennedy—two months before his assassination. For VF, James Robenalt charts the untold tale—and uncovers never-before-seen photos: vanityfair.com/style/story/jf…
I think this means we can look forward to “The Godfather Part VIII” in which Michael Corleone gets hit on the head with a coconut and dreams he has been mistaken for an identical twin whose very existence will doom the human race. Can’t wait.
Top AI systems have been trained on screenplays for over 50,000 films and 85,000 TV shows, according to a new deep dive by Alex Reiser in The Atlantic. Not necessarily *surprising*, but good to see this dug into and confirmed:
Why don't more Americans know about the only successful coup d'état in U.S. history? Tune in for the premiere of AMERICAN COUP: WILMINGTON 1898, November 12 at 9/8c on @PBS → to.pbs.org/3Y5AfkK #AmericanCoupPBS
TIL: Piet Mondrian * Hated ice cubes * Had no sense of humor * Believed “every bit of semen expended is a masterpiece lost” * Planted forceful and one-sided kisses lasting 30 minutes * Was an antisemite * Found that electrical tape changed his life nytimes.com/2024/10/28/boo…
I can’t be only one who immediately went to the list of authors on the right and saw “Bill McKibbon”…😬 Did no one copy edit this? (Also I’d love to know who picked the highlighted names and the reasoning why they were chosen.)
NEW: *700+* writers across every genre and form have just endorsed VP Kamala Harris for president, because "our lives, our families and friends, our neighbors, our democracy, and our shared humanity" are all on the line. This is so amazing.
Speaking at a pro-Cuba rally in SF on Oct 27, 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis, actor Sterling Hayden compares JFK’s administration to the Third Reich. Six months later he plays Gen. Jack D. Ripper in Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove. Harvey Richards photo. @TomDohertyfilm
From @AnnTelnaes, titled "Democracy Dies in Darkness." washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…
Submitted for your approval, Chris Sununu Jan 11, 2021: “It’s clear President Trump's rhetoric and actions contributed to the insurrection …[by] domestic terrorists who attacked the US Capitol.” Oct 23, 2024: Shrug. Hey, it’s baked in. Hold your nose and vote fascist.
BOLDUAN: Are you okay supporting someone who Marine Gen. John Kelly says fits the definition of a fascist? CHRIS SUNUNU: I think most of American is gonna go this way
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