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For fans of Jennifer Egan, Jonathan Franzen, Lorrie Moore, and Curtis Sittenfeld, Among the Ten Thousand Things is a dazzling first novel, a portrait of an American family on the cusp of irrevocable change, and a startlingly original story of love and time lost.

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In the last several years, librarians and readers have come to expect high quality from Toon Books, and Tippy and the Night Parade does not disappoint. With this latest addition to their youngest level of comics, Tippy follows accepted beginning reader rules by using a controlled vocabulary of less than 300 words designed to be accessible to kindergartners and first graders approaching the written word for the first time on their own. (via Tippy and the Night Parade | No Flying No Tights)

Her next project, however, seems to be much more up her alley. Madonna will direct an adaptation of Ade: A Love Story by Rebecca Walker (Alice Walker’s daughter). The story follows an Farida, American college student traveling in Africa who falls in love with a Ade, a young Muslim man off the coast of Kenya. But their plans for marriage and a simple life together fall apart when Farida contracts malaria and becomes caught in the middle of a civil war, forcing the couple to face the cultural and political forces surrounding them. (via Sex, Religion, Race, Lesbianism Themes in Madonna's 'Ade: A Love Story' Adaptation | Bustle)

Studios are making fewer films, and paydays for A-list actors and directors aren't as big as they used to be. And though there has been explosive growth in new television platforms, the business is dealing with diminishing ratings and digital upstarts. Big hits are few and far between. (via William Morris Endeavor targets sports with $2.3-billion IMG buy - latimes.com)

"To be honest," confesses Jack Barnett, frontman of the British band These New Puritans, "we're in a constant process of alienating our audience all the time." It's not entirely clear from his slow and careful monotone if he's being honest or deadpan -- but it's also not hard to understand what he means. TNP's 2008 debut Beat Pyramid won over young indie fans with its brash brand of shouty, guitar-driven post-punk, and the band just as easily left them behind with 2010's Hidden, an enigmatic flurry of brass, woodwind, Japanese taiko drums and children's choirs with barely a guitar in sight -- a near total departure from the sound of the first record. Its strange complexities and charms made it a critical smash, if not a commercial success. (via PAPERMAG: These New Puritans Rip It Up and Start Again.)

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Ever wish someone would sit down and just tell you which knife you are supposed to use for which kitchen job? Great news: someone did, and we've got it.

(via Which Knife To Use When, So You Don't Look A Mess (INFOGRAPHIC))

WASHINGTON — In a pair of major victories for the gay rights movement, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that married same-sex couples were entitled to federal benefits and, by declining to decide a case from California, effectively allowed same-sex marriages there. (via Supreme Court Bolsters Gay Marriage With Two Major Rulings - NYTimes.com)

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after a while i became convinced that the words were mocking me

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Nothing happened.

I WAS PROMISED A BATTLE

*throws down gauntlet*

Edit: Went back. This is the best…

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Well, that’s addictive.

David Gaub McCullough (/məˈkʌlə/; born July 7, 1933) is an American author, narrator, historian, and lecturer.[2] He is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award.[2][3] Born and raised in Pittsburgh, McCullough earned a degree in English literature from Yale University. His first book was The Johnstown Flood (1968); and he has since written eight more on such topics as Harry S Truman, John Adams, and the Brooklyn Bridge. McCullough has also narrated multiple documentaries, as well as the 2003 film Seabiscuit; and he hosted American Experience for twelve years.

(via David McCullough - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

For more than a decade now, Manhattan performance artist and former Warhol starlet Penny Arcade has been doing her part to preserve the legacy of fellow downtown artists—a legacy that continues to be gradually erased as the East Village and the Lower East Side march toward total gentrification. (via Penny Arcade celebrates 13 years of documenting the disappearing Lower East Side art scene | Capital New York)

Three more men have been arrested in connection with murder of 16-year-old Alishia Colon, who was shot dead in her Kearny home last month, Hudson County Acting Prosecutor Gaetano T. Gregory announced Thursday. (via The Observer)

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