Woo hoo! Finally! They've had a selection up forever, but this is a great resource. Writers, take note! posted by carsonb at 10:38 AM on September 20, 2010
Just realised that I should have put The Paris Review. First MetaFilter post – sorry! posted by mattn at 10:42 AM on September 20, 2010
Yay Paris Review day on MetaFilter! posted by shakespeherian at 10:46 AM on September 20, 2010
Good first post! Thank you! posted by acheekymonkey at 10:48 AM on September 20, 2010
A trove of treasure.
Wish I'd been able to link to it in my John McPhee post:
I have to have somebody listening, and the somebody listening can be helpful with comments. But mostly the person is just listening. [My wife] Yolanda doesn’t challenge me very much. The one stricture she set down was that she would only take ten minutes of geology at a time. posted by Joe Beese at 10:49 AM on September 20, 2010
"This is a risk I take, but isn’t that what life is, after all? Missing something that’s right there before you?" --William Gaddis.
This is a highly concentrated collection of grand stuff -- thanks. posted by chavenet at 10:53 AM on September 20, 2010
Wow. Neato. Thank you! posted by mykescipark at 11:20 AM on September 20, 2010
These are George Plimpton's greatest contribution to culture - after that of playing the evil dean in Boner Academy. posted by Joe Beese at 11:38 AM on September 20, 2010 [2 favorites]
wow, thanks for this. posted by dhruva at 12:32 PM on September 20, 2010
I had work to do tonight! Arse. posted by fullerine at 1:42 PM on September 20, 2010
Brilliant posted by Mocata at 2:52 PM on September 20, 2010
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