Polaroid Intimacies, Political Poetry, & Prize Finalists

Homemade porn for everyone! The salacious history of private Polaroids.

Mitt Romney might not have a poet's sensitivity to language, but he could still learn a thing or two from Wallace Stevens. They are, after all, both 1 per center Republicans, though only one of them is awesome. The Giver, the beloved grade school dystopic classic, is finally getting a sequel. And Lena Dunham is looking to give some undoubtedly inadvisable advice, which will be published as a book of personal essays. She's reportedly shopping it around. Her New Yorker essays have been great, so I'm—like probably every other member of my generation, or some generation?—pumped.

David Mitchell put some words in Halle Berry's mouth, and in so doing developed a few thoughts on the process of adaptation.

And, of course, the shortlists for both the Scotiabank Giller and Governor General's prizes have been announced.

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