How Will Shortz, the NYT’s puzzle master, makes the paper’s crossword.
That unbearable anticipation ends now: Ke$ha’s memoir is finally here. Nashville Scene rounded up the ten best lines from My Crazy Beautiful Life, including, “The Galápagos seemed like a place trapped in prehistoric time, and y’all know I love that shit.” Also, her freewheelin’, high flyin’ spirit might just be what Betty Friedan, Germaine Greer, et al were talking about—or so says The Atlantic, in yet another hastily written miniature “think piece“ meant to get those indignant feminist click-throughs.
Now that Roth’s out of the novel game, who will take up the mantle of Jewish American Literature? This piece in the Observer is great, offering an appreciation for how the man (whether you dig his work or don’t) really did change the game, and wondering if Nathan Englander and Sheila Heti are stepping onto a path that he opened.
The bad sex scene awards are just around the corner, and it looks like Tom Wolfe is already shaping up to be an early favorite for the lascivious prize.
