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...point or another, we all read Donald Barthelme's novel Snow White, a retelling of the classic fairy tale, and became obsessed with it. In Barthelme's version, the seven dwarfs say "baff" instead of "bath." I don't know why. But now we do too. (The dwarfs also sleep with Snow White and sell Chinese-themed baby food for a living. They still say "heigh-ho," though...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Donald Barthelme: America's Weirdest Literary Genius | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...Piper’s Son” marked him as a genius in the world of avant-garde cinema. “I am a creature of impulse,” Jacobs said. “I believe in the subconscious—I think of things in my sleep, and, in keeping with what I want, I go for it.” Delivering on that promise, the films screened last weekend reflected an appreciation for spontaneity and innovation. “I was amused by making a kind of ‘jazz’ film...

Author: By Noël D. Barlow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Jacobs Transcends 2-D | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...struggles with the question of whether or not to divulge the details of her future. “I want to tell her who to trust and who not to trust; who her real good friends are and who’s going to fuck her over; who to sleep with and who definitely not to…But I look at her sitting there, thin and insolent and complete, and I can’t say any of it.”The past and the way it returns to us is a recurring theme throughout the book, suturing...

Author: By April M. Van buren, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Readers View Everyday Through 'The First Person' | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...wine writer Rudolph Chelminski likens to a "Hollywood set for an ideal vineyard region" - is well worth the two-hour train ride from Paris. Visit Domaine Lapierre and the vineyards of the other members of the Morgon Gang of Four in Villié-Morgon, where you can sip and sleep at Domaine Jean Foillard's bed and breakfast, tel: (33) 4 74 04 24 97, overlooking the vine-covered Côte de Py hills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Revival of Beaujolais | 2/11/2009 | See Source »

...jobs of the software professionals," announced Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, chief minister of the state of Andhra Pradesh, where Satyam is based. In October, Indian airline Jet Airways reversed a decision to lay off 1,900 staff after some weeping victims melted Chairman Naresh Goyal's heart. "I could not sleep at night," he confessed at a press conference. "I was mentally disturbed when I saw tears in their eyes." (Although he said he changed his own mind, Goyal might also have been influenced by Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel, who claimed he told Goyal that "the ministry would certainly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asian Corps, Govs Scramble to Save Jobs | 2/11/2009 | See Source »

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