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Friday, December 11, 2009

Books / Media The New Issue of McSweeney's...

Posted by Alison Hallett on Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 4:10 PM

is amazing. It's a newspaper—a healthy, hearty newspaper with which much obvious care has been taken. Ezra already tried to steal the sports section (with writing from FreeDarko and Stephen King); I had to pry myself away from a new George Saunders story in the books section. In the food section, full-color photographs of the 52 steps it takes to get a lamb from farm (aww, baby sheep!) to table (yum, lambchetta!). And then there's the funny pages, a who's who of contemporary American cartoonists—Chris Ware, Art Spiegelman, Seth, Daniel Clowes, Adrian Tomine. It's been a while since I've been this excited about a printed thing.

Powell's is completely sold out, but you can order it directly from McSweeney's, here. And you should. (And if you win our Reading is Fun-Damental auction package, a one-year subscription to McSweeney's shall be yours, among other great stuff.)

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In other Print's Not Dead news, at last night's Mercury office party, I snagged a Snuggie in the white elephant gift exchange. It came with a book light.

 

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NOOOO I missed my opportunity to get a Snuggie! I was too swamped studying for finals to make it out but thanks for forwarding me that invite!
-Molly
Posted by Dino might? on December 11, 2009 at 4:15 PM · Report
2
All it's missing is some fine news reporting. But you're right that news reporting works online. People need a reason to pick up the paper, and this kind of content is like buying vinyl as opposed to a cd.
Posted by Matt Davis on December 11, 2009 at 4:30 PM · Report
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There is fine news reporting, actually—I should've mentioned it. The cover story is an 8-page investigative piece about the SF/Oakland Bay bridge. Funded by donation:

http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/Blogto…
Posted by Alison Hallett on December 11, 2009 at 4:38 PM · Report
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And a huge piece on the environmental effects of pot growing in Mendocino, and William Vollmann on gold-mining interests and Native Americans, and Nicholson Baker on paper mills... Really, it's pretty impressive.
Posted by Alison Hallett on December 11, 2009 at 4:43 PM · Report
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I like how you divided the news into a "regular news" section and a "news for cowboys" section.
Posted by atomic on December 11, 2009 at 5:14 PM · Report
6
Heck yeh, I'm getting it for the sports section alone. I love me some Freedarko.
Posted by Rusty! on December 11, 2009 at 5:35 PM · Report

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