Author archive

Anatomy of a literary agent’s contract    (2010.01.07)

What the first draft of one literary agent’s contract looks like

Spoofs    (2010.01.06)

Will Ferguson: “Canadians are great at spoof; it’s what we specialize in, doing an affectionate, fake version of something familiar… There seemed to be confusion, among the reviewing class, who really should know better, a confusion between satire and spoof”

The magazine’s oppressive Adobe Caslon    (2010.01.06)

Suddenly the shittily-designed and -typeset New Yorker has an “oppressive font”

Shorter Jesse Ashlock    (2010.01.06)

I.D.’s last editor is in denial

Brad L. Graham    (2010.01.05)

Brad Graham was found dead at his house yesterday. He was a mere 41

How many rice queens are there?    (2010.01.03)

Judging by Craigslist personal ads, there are six times as many rice queens as anti–rice queens

Newsmaker of the year    (2009.12.31)

Or, more accurately, troublemaker

Update for Liz Spiers    (2009.12.29)

Elizabeth Spiers makes another mistake

Shitty design attracts shitty content    (2009.12.29)

David Galbraith: Facebook is “similar to Vimeo [in that] the beauty of the application has influenced the content”