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ArtsBeat: Fiction Long List Announced for National Book Awards [21 Sep 2014|07:47pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3e92281a/sc/38/l/0Lartsbeat0Bblogs0Bnytimes0N0C20A140C0A90C170Cnational0Ebook0Eawards0Efiction0C0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/17/national-book-awards-fiction/ Marilynne Robinson, Elizabeth McCracken and Phil Klay are among the writers whose work is on the 2014 fiction long list for the National Book Awards. post comment

Peter Thiel and David Graeber Debate Technology’s Future [21 Sep 2014|09:22pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3eb711f2/sc/38/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A90C220Carts0Cpeter0Ethiel0Eand0Edavid0Egraeber0Edebate0Etechnologys0Efuture0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/22/arts/peter-thiel-and-david-graeber-debate-technologys-future.html Peter Thiel, the Silicon Valley entrepreneur, debated barriers to technology with the anthropologist David Graeber at a forum in Manhattan. post comment

Books of The Times: Marlon James’s ‘A Brief History of Seven Killings’ [21 Sep 2014|09:51pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3eb014a5/sc/8/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A90C220Cbooks0Cmarlon0Ejamess0Ea0Ebrief0Ehistory0Eof0Eseven0Ekillings0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/22/books/marlon-jamess-a-brief-history-of-seven-killings.html Marlon James’s “A Brief History of Seven Killings” describes decades of Jamaican history through the perspectives of a host of narrators, many speaking in patois. post comment

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