February 2011
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Ryan S. Mahon. Remember the name.
McNally Jackson Bookmongers: Herman Melville Likes... →
mcnallyjackson:
I am reblogging this so hard.
towirr:
Or as he calls them, in order, in two chapters of White Jacket:
beards
the crop
suburbs of the chin
homeward-bounders
fly-brushes
long, trailing moss hanging from the bough of some aged oak
love-curls
Winnebago locks
carroty bunches
…
Marginalia →
This is an excellent piece by New York’s former book critic Sam Anderson (now with New York Times Magazine), that features his comedic notes in margins of books reviewed this year.