A. M. Homes: This Book Will Save Your Life
No it really won't.
Chuck Klosterman: Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
Ultimately not as satisfying as any of those three things.
McSweeney's Quarterly Concern Issue 13 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern)
The only issue of McSweeney's anybody other than Dave Eggers has read cover to cover.
Chuck Klosterman: Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story
Kind of like Madonna's "Hung Up"—you really want to hate it, but then it comes on and you find yourself making little dancey movements with your neck.
George Saunders: In Persuasion Nation
Guess what? Ad people suck.
Philip Roth: Everyman
Guess what? Ad people die.
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I heard a story where Leo Burnett used to give their people 1/3 of their paycheck at the christmas party. So then after the party, people quit.
Posted by: David Wen | August 31, 2006 at 08:49 PM