Yearly Archives: 2009

Life and Letters

The Unfinished David Foster Wallace’s project

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March 9, 2009
March 9, 2009

The Unfinished
David Foster Wallace’s project.
by D. T. Max

Fiction

Brother On Sunday

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March 2, 2009

“Brother On Sunday”
by A. M. Homes

Life and Letters

The Background Hum: Ian McEwan and the science of suspense.

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February 23, 2009
February 23, 2009

The Background Hum
Ian McEwan and the science of suspense.
by Daniel Zalewski

Personal History

Checkpoints: Where accuracy meets flair.

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February 9 & 16, 2009
February 9 & 16, 2009

Checkpoints
Where accuracy meets flair.
by John McPhee

Books

Heroes and Zeroes: When central bankers rescued, then ruined, the world.

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February 2, 2009
February 2, 2009

Heroes and Zeroes
When central bankers rescued, then ruined, the world.
by John Lanchester

Annals of ...

Getting There from Here: How health-care reform really happens.

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January 26, 2008
January 26, 2009

Annals of Public Policy
Getting There from Here
How health-care reform really happens.
by Atul Gawande

Letter from ...

The Cobra: Inside a movie-marketing playbook.

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January 19, 2008
January 19, 2009

Letter from California
The Cobra
Inside a movie-marketing playbook.
by Tad Friend

Annals of ...

The Speech: Inaugural Addresses, great and otherwise.

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January 12, 2009
January 12, 2009

Annals of the Presidency
The Speech
Inaugural Addresses, great and otherwise.
by Jill Lepore

A Reporter at Large

Lives of the Saints: International hardship duty in Chad.

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January 5, 2009
January 5, 2009

Lives of the Saints
International hardship duty in Chad.
by Jonathan Harr