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  1. We're serializing a gripping 19,000 word account of the Mumbai attacks on our blog throughout next week. http://is.gd/4Uhjt
  2. "If you are not reading the Virginia Quarterly Revaluation you are losing one of the finest quarterly diaries out there." http://is.gd/4UgjS
  3. I have decided to take a stand. No more fuyu persimmons for me. This fall, I’m a hachiya man. http://is.gd/4TqCr
  4. A review of "Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits" and "Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original." http://is.gd/4SBCO
  5. "The Berlin Wall: A Memoir." From our Autumn 1981 issue. http://is.gd/4S4Ma
  6. Original manuscripts of Carl Sandburg's poems we published, with history & analysis. That's right, you ♥ us. http://is.gd/4RQ1R
  7. The Berlin Wall came down twenty years ago, but no fewer voices call out for freedom today. http://is.gd/4R64y
  8. NYT recommends a nice vacation in the "tranquil haven" of Guinea-Bissau. Next up: "Summer on the Afghani riviera!" http://is.gd/4QZ16
  9. "Toward A Slow-News Movement." http://is.gd/4QVTR Well, yeah—we've been doing this for 84 years.
  10. John Crowe Ransom's original manuscripts and early VQR essays, scanned in, contextualized, and analyzed. http://is.gd/4P6UT
  11. Corman's photographs, paired with Raymond Chandler's work, attempt to invoke his L.A. within today's streetscape. http://is.gd/4O5by
  12. The recent heckling of a peace activist on The Daily Show shows how rarely that Americans hear a Palestinian perspective. http://is.gd/4Miwr
  13. Can a good book ever be a good movie? http://is.gd/4MivA
  14. An interview with Maggie Shipstead, author of "The Cowboy Tango," a short story in our current issue. http://is.gd/4Ii68
  15. @PenguinPbks Presumably Adam Johnson won $50k. $50M seems a bit much. :)
  16. For all of your fake-style questions, follow @FakeAPStylebook. (Sample: "The plural of 'dracula' is 'CHRIST GET OUT OF THERE!'")
  17. Lysley Tenorio, Laura van den Berg, and Caitlin Horrocks are a few standouts in the latest fiction anthologies. http://is.gd/4w6Md
  18. Week's Highlights: Walmart vs Amazon, B&N's Nook, a Rothian tour of Newark, Lethem reads his new novel, and more. http://is.gd/4uu5b
  19. HuffPo's book reviews use their standard methodology: solicit unpaid writers to pad out their meager content. http://is.gd/4sSOh
  20. David Hockney: A Return to [iPhone] Painting. http://is.gd/4sMt8 See Weschler's prior writings on Hockney. http://is.gd/4sMuh.