Newsletter 251
[1]Hisham Matar On Libya
Links:
1. http://b.rw/gSqdVl
Cressida Leyshon | Book Bench | 7 March 2011
Interview with Libyan-born novelist, whose father was abducted 20 years ago,
never seen since. "From my family alone Qaddafi had imprisoned five men. As
soon as the revolution is complete, I will return to search for my father"
[2]Giving Life After Death Row
Links:
2. http://b.rw/h4KJNZ
Christian Longo | NYT | 5 March 2011
Murderer argues that prisoners should be allowed to donate organs. "One
inmate could save up to eight lives by donating a healthy heart, lungs,
kidneys, liver ... I could clear nearly 1 percent of my state’s organ
waiting list"
[3]Understanding Saif Qaddafi
Links:
3. http://b.rw/eGBvde
Benjamin Pauker | Foreign Policy | 7 March 2011
Interview with Benjamin Barber, member of a high-level group of political
thinkers hired by a consultancy to work with Col. Qaddafi's son on
implementing democratic reforms in Libya. "Until a week ago, Saif was a
credible reformer"
[4]Sex, Race, And Frogs
Links:
4. http://b.rw/gBTRcj
Richard Gehr | Comics Journal | 6 March 2011
Interview with New Yorker cartoonist Sam Gross. Interesting throughout,
especially on business side of cartoonist's life. "It’s not uncommon to make
seven thousand dollars on a drawing" with royalties, residuals, sale of
artwork
[5]Rules Of Misbehaviour
Links:
5. http://b.rw/emFxka
Benjamin Dueholm | Washington Monthly | 7 March 2011
Profile of "America’s most influential advice columnist", Seattle
sex-counsellor Dan Savage, and his "Chaucerian panorama of correspondents:
gay Mormons, incestuous siblings, weight-gain fetishists, men yearning to be
cuckolded"
[6]Some Things That Need To Be Said
Links:
6. http://b.rw/emESz8
Amanda Hocking | Amanda Hocking's Blog | 3 March 2011
E-author's unmissable reply to recent press: "I think there is this very big
misconception that... I spent a weekend smashing out some words, threw it up
online, and woke up the next day with a million dollars in my bank account"
Today's FiveBooks Interview
[7]Douglas Starr on =THE PIONEERS OF CRIMINOLOGY=
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/douglas-starr-on-pioneers-criminology
Boston University professor delves into the origins of crime science, using
literary and historical works to explain early forensics, phrenology and
criminal psychology [8]Continue reading…
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/douglas-starr-on-pioneers-criminology
Topic
[9]Journalism
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/topics/journalism
Find out what it's really like to be a journalist. Read about the shadowy
world of foreign reporting, learn what makes a great article and delve into
the history of journalism
[10]Continue reading…
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/topics/journalism
Book of the Day
[11]No God but God
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/no-god-god-by-reza-aslan
-by Reza Aslan - For me this has been the best introduction to Islam. I
think all of us in the West are trying to learn more about Islamic culture
and religion and he just so beautifully writes the basic pattern of what
Islam represents.
[12]More recommendations…
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12. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
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