Readings, Rated
The Baffler Returns!
Today’s New York Observer reports that The Baffler will resume biannual publication thanks to a new publisher, semi-recent Northwestern grad Conor O’Neil (who doesn’t seem to be in my Facebook network — who is this guy?).
The lineup for the next issue is awesome: “Hermenaut founder Joshua Glenn, n+1 editor Mark Greif, BookForum editor Chris Lehmann, University of Illinois at Chicago professor and cultural critic Walter Benn Michaels, Zizek! director Astra Taylor and freelancers Christine Smallwood and Moe Tkacik.
Is this more or less exciting than the rumored Pavement reunion? It’s not for me to say. All I know is that reading The Baffler is like having a series of tantric orgasams while eating pastry atop a fluffy white cloud looking out over a lovely mountain vista. I’m thrilled we get to share in that experience together twice a year for the forseeable future. Aren’t you?
[...] on June 23rd, they reported that The Baffler was going to resume a regular publishing schedule. We posted about this development two days later. It took the Tribune a full 34 days to regurgitate the same [...]