Great Reading Around the Web, Old and New

Bunny Boys

Dan Baum tweets a lengthy story about his time and eventual release from the tenured reporting ranks of the New Yorker, wherein he learns of institutional cultures and exactly how he didn’t fit in. David Ng, for Culture Monster, one of the LA Times blogs, addresses Erased James Franco by the artist Carter, and tries to break down the process. The Fanzine invites in some heavy weights, including author Gary Shteyngart, to discuss irrational fears in the most recent episode of Talk Show (Talk Show 25 also with Brian Evenson, Lev Grossman, Elizabeth McCracken, Karen Shepard, from 5.20.09). A quick post enumerating the future of Green Warfare and tree bombs over at BLDG BLOG, which is strangely poetic and beautiful. Jonah Lehrer on his Science Blog: The Frontal Cortex posts a few answers to questions on Self Control, originally from the New Yorker online. Island of Bad Blood by Ian Thomson discusses the complexity of racial issues in Jamaica over at the British online magazine: Standpoint. In Defense of Distraction by Sam Anderson in NY Magazine covers the revolution in fractured attention sponsored by “Twitter, Adderall, lifehacking, mindful jogging, power browsing, Obama’s BlackBerry, and the benefits of overstimulation.”