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...special work detail” makes you laugh, Dorm Crew’s shout-out in “An Expensive Education” is imbued with a similar significance. While the elite are out swilling Bloody Marys for Sunday brunch at Deadalus, international students are swishing Mur-Kil down their shower drains. “The introductory meeting looked like an abbreviated European Union of reluctant janitors. A Scottish piano virtuoso, two Irishmen, half a dozen girls from Eastern Europe who were either short and stout like potato balls or tall and thin like dune grass on the Baltic...

Author: By Chelsea L. Shover, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dropping the H-Bomb | 9/22/2009 | See Source »

...from bricks-and-mortar book-selling. Sigler and Hutchins continue to use the online world to campaign. But how far can this niche truly expand? Most of the copy is generated by tech-saavy, sci-fi loving males, though romantic novels and military fiction are also becoming popular. Mur Lafferty, 35, a novel podcaster who lives in Raleigh, N.C., concedes "there's a lot of guys," but she finds a growing number of listeners are women. What ultimately stands out is the work put into the podcast and the effectiveness of an author's marketing work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Podcasting Your Novel: Publishing's Next Wave? | 1/31/2009 | See Source »

...into the charisma of one of Europe's most storied neighborhoods. Indeed, 101 has been the muse for a generation of artists that love to hate Iceland's six-month winters - among them director Baltasar Kormákur, whose film 101 Reykjavík was based on Hallgrímur Helgason's 1996 novel of the same name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reykjavík | 8/28/2008 | See Source »

...some it will be their first time holding the end of a broom, and after several exhausting days, many newcomers question their judgment at selecting such physically demanding work. Inevitably, some will glance down at their yellow sponge and bottle of Mur-Kil cleaner, and back up to the toilet that they have hunched over to scrub to perfection. One thought most often brings about this moment’s hesitation: How could a Harvard student like me end up in a demeaning job like this? I’m too good for this...

Author: By Byran Dai | Title: Life Lessons in Spring Cleaning | 4/30/2008 | See Source »

...almost as surprised as you at the wonderful reception. But, Mur, I've thought about it, and there's no other explanation. I have to admit: they like me! Fondly, Mary --By Richard Zoglin

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Seems Just Like Old Times:MARY | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

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