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At 1000 subscribers we will reveal whether Books are good or not.
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Hype.
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it’s a great week to read a book
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it’s a great day to read a book
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the barely managing summer social media intern is proud to announce that he has learned to read!
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We are making progress on Tote Bags
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this is just Chrisʼ living room
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The Washington Review of Books classified ads are bringing people together and creating connections.
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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.
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in any case we are now hiring
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WRB stickers are multi-function.
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the TJ’s clerks arent prepared for this
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trader joe’s cashier said “wow, TWO drift tote bags” when i pulled up at the register so now i think i need to pay someone to kill me
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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.
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our Managing Editor has done it once again ladies and gents
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I would like to recommend Little Middlemarches
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Oh heck yes!!!!!
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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
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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.
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Today in the WRB:
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coming soon
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we have a diverse readership (tag yourself)
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WRB Classics???
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STOP saying “It’s the J. Peterman Catalog for books” like that's a bad thing!
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Cerebral style: he clearly wanted everyone to know he loved the literary magazine
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@LiseDassin 📍 The Met’s Van Gogh exhibition
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They're making snarky parenthetical comments about your ass on Washington Review of Books Twitter.
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the managing summer intern after hours
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If you find love in the WRB Classifieds The Managing Editors will get you something sensible from your wedding registry.
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We’ve added a new reader! Next week, “WRB Presents” an evening at @sudhousedc , in tandem with @clereviewbooks . Readings from @BigMeanInternet , @MisterJGrantham , @diazmarg , and @ANickRees . Hosted by @CMccafe , @luxlotus , and @_michaelbarron . RSVP now:
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We’re excited to announce the first “WRB Presents” reading on 04/10, with: • @_ryanruby_ (Berlin) • @zaintkhalid (NYC) • Austyn Wohlers (Baltimore) • @credenzaclear2 (DC) Hosted by @_michaelbarron , @CMccafe , & @luxlotus , at @sudhousedc . RSVP here:
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is this what you people want???
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Today in the WRB:
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Please do not confuse us with the Washington Times Book Review.
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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?”
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Jennifer A. Frey
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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?"
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In @wwborders , @LaurenGolden__ interviews Kate Briggs about her new novel, “The Long Form”. @HenryEOliver on actor’s cues in Shakespeare. In @thebafflermag , @lacollee on Annie Dillard and eclipses. In @commonwealmag , @JaredMPollen reviews a recent Lispector translation. (1/2)
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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
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“Washington Review of Books tote bags are now available.”
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Don’t forget— next week, “WRB Presents” will once again take place at @sudhousedc , this time in tandem with @clereviewbooks . Readings from @BigMeanInternet , @MisterJGrantham , and @diazmarg . Hosted by @CMccafe , @luxlotus , and @_michaelbarron . RSVP:
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There is still time to RSVP to tomorrow evening’s “WRB Presents” at @sudhousedc , in tandem with @clereviewbooks . Readings from @BigMeanInternet , @MisterJGrantham , @diazmarg , and @ANickRees . Hosted by @CMccafe , @luxlotus , and @_michaelbarron . RSVP:
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Tonight in Washington, the District of Columbia:
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Liberties Journal of Culture and Politics
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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.
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@HenryEOliver discusses Shakespeare and, with @bradford_skow , English meter, @aliner interviews @grotstricken in @MinorLits , plus @saintsoftness in @poetrymagazine , @katrinagulliver in @JSTOR_Daily , and many more. Read now!
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With @Greg_Gerke , @nickdirks in @chronicle , @nickripatrazone in @humanitiesmag on Dante, @gustophagus in @clereviewbooks on a reissue of Cesare Pavese’s “Dialogues with Leucò”, @IvanKreilkamp in @JSTOR_Daily on Nell Dun’s “Up the Junction”, and @michi_rada in @Parapraxis_Mag .
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With @ZarinaZabrisky in @Orion_Magazine on Chernobyl, @DavidSchaengold in @Plough on childhood, American landscapes, and the past, and @JenishaWatts in @TheAtlantic with her own story of personal reinvention and family ties. Read now!
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Reminder that if you are alone tonight you could always respond to a classified ad in the WASHINGTON REVIEW OF BOOKS—or place one of your own.
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Well-behaved Managing Editors rarely make history.
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Coming this afternoon:
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“Subscribe to the Washington Review of Books"
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What’s something you think everyone living in DC can agree on?
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Today in the WRB:
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It could happen to you!
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@CMccafe @washingreview Bout to find the love of my life scrolling to the bottom of a WRB post
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word is getting around
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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.
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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)
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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
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If you tell a Managing Editor that you’re going to place a Classified Ad, and then you don’t, it really hurts their feelings.
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And if you, too, want to stun in new photos:
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@washingreview tote stuns in new photos
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[I am working on the newsletter, but I have a lot to say today, so it will be a little late. —Chris]
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Today in the WRB Film Supplement:
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In this issue: @cvalladares0896 in @clereviewbooks ; @LaneBrown on movie projection, @SamAdlerBell on the rich, and @BilgeEbiri with an interview, all in @vulture ; @HannahGraceLong in @Plough ; @bdmcclay in her substack; and much more
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I demand a rite of single combat with @clereviewbooks ’ summer intern
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could not be more excited to use @astra_mag ’s soap
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And we’re back, ft. @NickBurns in @NewStatesman on Tom Wolfe, @_ryanruby_ in @readliberties with a piece on Proust, and @stetson_thacker on “the internet novel”. And, as always, so much more— right in your inbox. Read now!!
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@washingreview
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Join us on Wednesday for our first “WRB Presents”, with readings by: • @_ryanruby_ (Berlin) • @zaintkhalid (NYC) • Austyn Wohlers (Baltimore) • @credenzaclear2 (DC) Hosted by @_michaelbarron , @CMccafe , & @luxlotus , at @sudhousedc . RSVP here:
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Coming up next week on 04/10, don’t miss our first “WRB Presents” with: • @_ryanruby_ (Berlin) • @zaintkhalid (NYC) • Austyn Wohlers (Baltimore) • @credenzaclear2 (DC) Hosted by @_michaelbarron , @CMccafe , & @luxlotus , at @sudhousedc . RSVP here:
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Editoral Clarification: The Washington Review of Books is read by people of all genders, but they are each one of them very hot.
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All the hot girls are doing it @washingreview
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Imagine if there were a Baltimore Review of Books.
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That means we’re one day closer to the Saturday edition of the WRB Like this tweet to give @CMccafe and @NicXTempore strength
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With a meditation on Americana from @saintsoftness in @clereviewbooks , a review of a selection of work by Rachel Ingalls by @lilyjmeyer in @nybooks , and @samuelmoyn in @BostonReview on the mournful liberalism of Lionel Trilling. Start your long weekend off right and read it now.
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Forever a tradition. Subscribe today:
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This month, “WRB Presents” will again take place at @sudhousedc , this time in tandem with @clereviewbooks and with readings by @BigMeanInternet , @MisterJGrantham , and @diazmarg , hosted by @CMccafe , @luxlotus , and @_michaelbarron . Sign up here:
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INCOMING Tomorrow afternoon.
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MISSED CONNECTION: Where: the District of Columbia. You: reading the Washington Review of Books. Me: also reading the Washington Review of Books.
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It’s going to be the WRB bucket hats that really bring us around the corner branding-wise.
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extra poem just for twitter [𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳]
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Wow!
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I'd put this in the Classifieds as a joke, but someone would respond to it. —Chris
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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.
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it’s a halfway decent time to read a book
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Ft. @zzzzaaaacccchhh in @dirtyverse with an excerpt on Nic Cage in ‘Moonstruck’, @scott_tobias on Paul Giamatti, @ManiLazic in @ringer on the tradition of social-climber films, and much more.
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With @emmelclein in @parisreview on a visit to Britney Spears’ childhood home, @juderusso94 in @amconmag on H.L. Mencken, @DanielDenvir interviewing China Miéville in @jacobin , @ambernoelle in @TheBrooklynRail reviewing a new Anne Carson collection, and @sckimbriel on beauty.
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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:
@readliberties
Liberties Journal of Culture and Politics
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RSVP to @CMccafe or @Celestemarcus3 for the next @washingreview x Liberties salon "Should you like your friends?”  6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 18 at the Liberties offices
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A day in the life of the platonic ideal of a WRB reader:
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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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Our goal is fundamentally to make a newsletter that is a quick and enjoyable way for you to hear about good and interesting writing and good and interesting books. Our hope is that it will be something you look forward to. Subscribe:
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If you’ve ever wished Chris and Nic’s Goodreads profiles were more amusing, today is your lucky day.
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This week, the entirety of the newsletter is free! If that doesn't tempt you to sign up for a paid subscription, perhaps 40% off your yearly subscription will.
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this is what being subscribed to the WRB is like
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The WRB is difficult to complete in the backseat of a Camry.
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With @OldFortunatus in @EngelsbergIdeas on Isabella Whitney, @josiahgogarty in @prospect_uk on translator Max Lawton, @RobDoyle1 in @unherd on Fernando Pessoa, @JohannesGoranss in @clereviewbooks reviews the collected works of Tomas Tranströmer’s translated poetry… 1/2
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With @blgtylr in @LRB on Zola, @brianeha in @poetrymagazine on Tu Fu, @NicXTempore in @amconmag on Saddam Hussein, @MEASeybold in @clereviewbooks on a retelling of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, @ddillingworth in @thenation reviewing Énard’s latest novel… (1/2)
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This is fundamentally the WRB Ethos.
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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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If you’d like to include a classified ad in tomorrow’s newsletter, please email us by this evening: washingreview @gmail .com. Remember, the pricing is industry-leading!
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“Whatʼs this? 9 ᴀᴍ on a Wednesday? Clear my schedule! I just got a new email from the Washington Review of Books!”
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Coming next month:
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Steve Larkin
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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
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She’s Barbie… He’s just a managing editor.
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