January 2010
4 posts
The 50 Most Loathsome Americans, 2009 →
The only essential 2009 wrap-up is finally here: the Buffalo Beast 50. Chew it up before it spits you (No. 26) out.
Twelve of J.D. Salinger's short stories now... →
“A Perfect Day for Bannanafish” (January 31, 1948)
“Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut” (March 20, 1948)
“Just Before the War with the Eskimos” (June 5, 1948)
“The Laughing Man” (March 19, 1949)
“For Esmé—With Love and Squalor” (April 8, 1950)
“Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes” (July 14, 1951)
“Teddy” (January 31, 1953)
“Franny” (January 29, 1955)
“Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters” (November...
The Boy With the Perpetual Nervousness
Ten years ago I would have been 16-and-a-half, and though I recall that time vividly, I feel like I barely remember it at all. I think this is because my defintion of remembering has subtly changed during the 21st century, and my conception of understanding culture has expanded faster than a California brushfire. The amount of news-related information I focus on every single day in 2010 outweighs...
