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  1. This week: a film by Michael Langan.
  2. This week: a selection from Kojo Laing's beautiful novel SEARCH SWEET COUNTRY!
  3. @dirtycash We're back today! The guy who updates our Small Chair was nearly dead, but he's now back and better than ever.
  4. This week: Recipes from AT HOME ON THE RANGE by Margaret Yardley Potter—Elizabeth Gilbert's great-grandmother!
  5. This week: Tom Bissell on the American sitcom! From his terrific collection MAGIC HOURS!
  6. This week: a selection from @believermag's 2012 film issue! Deb Olin Unferth! The Wolf Knife! Rambo!
  7. This week: listen to Adam Levin read from his new collection HOT PINK!
  8. This week: charts from @believermag! Toph Eggers on film montages! Meagan Day on pop music and fast food!
  9. This week: Miranda July and a woman who sells baby leopards! It must be love.
  10. This week: "No Empress Eyes"—a short story by Padgett Powell from Issue 25 of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern!
  11. This week: Harold McGee on dry aging beef, from Lucky Peach Issue 2!
  12. This week: an excerpt from Diane Williams's wonderful collection "Vicky Swanky Is a Beauty"
  13. This week: Greil Marcus's "Real Life Rock Top Ten" from the January issue of the Believer!
  14. This week: a dastardly selection from The Rector and The Rogue by D.A. Swanberg.
  15. This week: the McSweeney's staff presents a terrible holiday rap. Really bad. Please try to enjoy your holidays despite this song.
  16. This week: a portfolio of images from Of Lamb (which also happens to be half-off in our store today)! store.mcsweeneys.net/index.cfm/fuse…
  17. This week: mysterious and troubling letters concerning the story of "Gorilla Girl."
  18. This week: a selection of comics from @believermag, featuring work by Matt Furie, Charles Burns, Lisa Hanawalt, and more!
  19. This week: An excerpt from the script of Martha Marcy May Marlene, plus bonus photos.
  20. This week: John Horgan's introduction from his book "The End of War."