This is a weekly roundup of interesting things I've seen or read online during the past seven days (or so). The usual disclaimer: linking to something isn't the same as agreeing with/endorsing it - these are mostly just articles I want to keep a note of for my own reference, but hopefully they might also prove useful or distracting to whoever comes across this post...
International House, Brixton by Weronika Dudka, from her Tumblr (a real treasure trove of brutalist architecture and urban photography)
How Could You Like That Book?, Tim Parks, NYRB
Why Are Today’s Critics So Defensive?, Christian Lorentzen, Vulture
Punk Crock, Eugenia Williamson, The Baffler
Living and Dying on Airbnb, Zak Stone, Medium
If You’re Not Paranoid, You’re Crazy, Walter Kirn, The Atlantic
Can She Dig It, Elizabeth Newman, The New Inquiry
Meet the Instamom, a Stage Mother for Social Media, Hayley Krischer, New York Times
The fall of Kids Company, Chris Cook, BBC News Magazine
Twitter (probably) isn’t dying, but is it becoming less sociable?, Jean Burgess, Medium
Old Bones, Max Fox, The New Inquiry
Playing God, Richard Kelly Kemick, The Walrus
The Origin Stories of 21 Indie Presses, Courtney Gillette, Literary Hub
How the Metaphor of “the Cloud” Changed Our Attitude Toward the Internet, Hua Hsu, The New Yorker
Discussing the History and Meaning of Suicide Notes with a Philosopher, Henry C Krempels, Vice
Inside the Bank of England, Larry Elliott and Jill Treanor, The Guardian
Jagged Little Pill: An Essay, Alanis Morissette, Medium
The Kidz Are All Right, Myles McNutt, Slate
The Paris Review staff picks, 13 November
Thoughts on Solo Travel and Confidence, Jackie Jets Off
How To Sleep, Fashion Me Now
From Charles Schridde's 1960s illustrations of the 'house of the future', via DesignFaves
Her Own Executioner, Kate Morrison, Litro
Thirty Sentences I Only Said After I Turned 30, Mike Pearl, Vice
Read the first few chapters of A Ghost's Story by Lorna Gibb (via Granta)
Nightjar Press have started recommending a short story a day on their Twitter. Recommended so far: 'The Dark Land' by Michael Marshall Smith, 'Eastmouth' by Alison Moore, and 'Je Suis Mort' by Vincent de Swarte.
Book blog posts and reviews:
17 Reviews of Opening Lines of New Books, Christian Lorentzen, Vulture (I'm a big fan of this idea. In fact, I might start reviewing all books this way. Imagine the time saved.)
Reading Highlights: August & September, A Case for Books
Full list of nominees for the International Dublin Literary Award 2016
Vertigo and Hotel by Joanna Walsh, Darcie Dennigan, The Rumpus
Our Spoons Came From Woolworths by Barbara Comyns, Jane Yong Kim, BOMB Magazine
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, Daniel Mendelsohn, NYRB
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein, The Writes of Woman
Katherine Carlyle by Rupert Thomson, Bookmunch
We Don’t Know What We’re Doing by Thomas Morris, Sarah Crown, The Guardian
The Folly by Ivan Vladislavić and The Clasp by Sloane Crosley, A Life in Books
The Object Lessons series, Savidge Reads
My posts from this week: a round-up of the books I've bought recently and a review of Catriona Ward's Rawblood
Tulip Hot Air Balloon I by Lady May Pamintuan
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