Becoming literate is a lifelong task, but it shouldn’t take your entire day | “The only newsletter I actually open” | Wednesdays and Saturdays from the District
Some people have suggested that we are the Boy's version of the Girl's Guide to DC. This is not true. We are the Book's version of the Girl's Guide to DC.
It has come to the attention of the Managing Editors that many of our readers are not shameless enough to place classified ads. We urge them to reconsider, and we urge their friends to cajole them about it.
The WRB is proud to announce a bi-weekly podcast hosted by
@NicXTempore
and
@CMccafe
! They will do dramatic readings of poems and past editions of the WRB
This is also, notably, our 2-year anniversary issue. In the words of our fearless leader
@CMccafe
, we are “very sorry for everything that has happened since” we began, but “we have no plans to get better.” We’re all very grateful to each reader who’s along for the ride.
Class of 25 students in Washington, D.C. and not a single one of them has ever heard of Chris or Nic or the Washington Review of Books.
One asked, “Is this biweekly newsletter still around?”
Class of 25 students in the Deep South and not a single one of them had ever heard of William F Buckley Jr or the National Review.
One asked, "Is this magazine still around?"
FUN FACT! Did you know that Friday is a great day to read a book? Other great days include: Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Wednesday, and Thursday
Is there loyalty without nationalism? Join us for the next
@washingreview
x Liberties salon tonight at 6:30 PM at the Liberties office to argue about the answer to that question. DM
@CMccafe
or
@Celestemarcus3
for details and to be added to the salon newsletter.
Remember: you can place classified ads on behalf of your friends—or really anyone you know. The Managing Editors, as a feature of their discretion, are not the type to ask questions.
In
@NoemaMag
,
@henrywismayer
on the desire to climb tall mountains. In
@slate
,
@JustinHeckert
with an essay adapted from his afterword to a collection of interviews with narrative journalists on the power of story. (1/2)
good morning, the barely managing summer social media intern has woken up and is ready to tag everyone in today's newsletter so we can boost engagement ever higher
A poetic fiction, unsteadily maintained, is that the writer of The Washington Review of Books lives in the District of Columbia. In many cases, of course, he does.
Thank you to everyone who came out to “WRB Presents” x
@clereviewbooks
this evening— stay tuned for more coming this fall, and in the meantime why not also come on out to our salons, held with
@readliberties
and hosted by
@CMccafe
and
@Celestemarcus3
? This Saturday:
There are only 3 activities that I do completely for myself and no one else to feel at peace
- playing the piano in my living room
- crying in the second balcony of the CSO hall
- reading the WRB at the coffee shop next door on Saturday morning
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potentially unpopular opinion: pretentious literary young people are important to our culture and there should be more of them. also more people should have the opportunity to become pretentious literary young people.
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Announcement: I will be writing a new supplement for
@washingreview
on movies, coming out the first Monday of every month. Stay tuned for the first installment, coming out the first Monday in February, where I'll go through the Oscar nominees for Best Picture