Comments for The Second Pass

Comment on Programming Note by J

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 17:21:09 +0000

The Times has made an excellent choice. Best of luck.

Comment on Programming Note by Grant

Grant — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:21:38 +0000

Sounds like a great gig. I read the online NYT book reviews….up to 25 articles a month. Not ever going to subscribe to the whole paper just to read book reviews. How about getting the powers to be to work out a wall b/w book reviews/news (Sunday and weekday) and the rest of the paper…for cheaper subscription, maybe a one time a year deal?

Comment on About by John Williams Hired as Web Producer for NYT Books Section - GalleyCat

John Williams Hired as Web Producer for NYT Books Section - GalleyCat — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:03:18 +0000

[...] more about the new producer: “Williams, lives in Brooklyn, NY. From 2001-2007, he worked in the editorial department at [...]

Comment on Riotous Genius by The Second Pass

The Second Pass — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:57:51 +0000

[...] some length that he considered himself a fiction writer above all else. This is not shocking, but I’ve argued — and I’m not alone — that nonfiction was his better [...]

Comment on All Hail Snail Mail by The Second Pass

The Second Pass — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:09:27 +0000

[...] ago, I dedicated a week on the blog to writers’ correspondence. That was to coincide with my review of Thomas Mallon’s book about letters through the centuries. You can find those blog posts, which featured letters from [...]

Comment on Jumping Out of Himself by Jack

Jack — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:16:26 +0000

Very interesting. Thanks for posting this.

Also…where art thou mythical Freedom review?!

Comment on Thinking Outside the Book by Jim Hanas

Jim Hanas — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 22:12:52 +0000

Sort of funny. I only read Ryman’s 253 later — as a print book.

Comment on The Spatial Challenge of Time Travel by Pete

Pete — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 15:17:58 +0000

My wife loved the book, her only regret being that it’s a debut novel and she’ll have to wait for more from the author.

Comment on Now Don’t Tease Us, Jimmy by Christian in NYC

Christian in NYC — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:37:25 +0000

Please God let this be true.

Oh but wait . . . [sigh]. . . when has James Frey every said or written anything vaguely truthful?

Comment on Reality is Broken by Jane McGonigal by The Second Pass

The Second Pass — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 04:16:34 +0000

[...] is delightful” but “[o]ther bits get whimsical and overegged.” . . . Close on the heels of Jane McGonigal’s similarly-utopian-sounding book about the great humanitarian benefits of video games, etc., Cathy Davidson has written a paean to [...]