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Monday, February 8, 2010
A Super Hangover
You’re not really reading this, are you? You’re skimming these words with your eyes, aren’t you? Yes, you are. And it’s all because you’re paying attention to your… feelings? Admit it, today you’re either feeling sour over your team’s loss, jubilant over your team’s victory, or completely apathetic, because you could give a hoot about either team, the sport of football in general, and all the glitzy commercialism that goes along with last night’s prime time extravaganza. Any way you slice it, you’ve got football on the brain. Here to help, we present the Super Bowl of literature news. Bolaño’s mystery novel hits American shelves and has critics dancing in the end zone. We all know Chekhov is the Lombardi of literature. But why does his his legacy endure? Find out in the Guardian. There’s an instant replay of the tale of two Turkish writers who shared a jail cell for years, a flag thrown over the imprisonment of a Vietnamese dissident author, and an official inquiry into the generational merit of J.D. Salinger. Finally, Nick Flynn and Aleksandar Hemon head into the broadcast booth for a series of questions from The Millions and Guernica. Game on. — Kevin Murphy
