FASHION Magazine
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Jennifer Egan on her New Book Manhattan Beach and Being a God
Jennifer Egan, who won a Pulitzer Prize for her 2010 novel, A Visit From the Goon Squad, laughs when I tell her that if there is a God, He/She/They/It is a lot like her. Obviously, she disagrees (what reasonable person wouldn’t?), but Manhattan Beach, her latest novel, makes a pretty compelling argument for my thesis. […]
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SNP’s word of the day: Near-futurism
Illustration by Lewis Mirrett Word: Near-futurism
Meaning: A concern with the events of the future, coupled with a belief that the future is… now.
Usage: “The current wave of literary near futurism comes at a time when the printed book — and the very act of traditional reading — seems under siege by digital technology.” — New York Times, The 10th Annual Year in Ideas, 2010