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...interview with TIME, Hutchins recalls the early dejection and then the determination to release his work in any way possible. "It may not be perfect," Hutchins, 33, says, "but, golly, is it good. I believe in this thing. And I'm not interested in putting this in a drawer." On putting his work out for free, he explains, "If I can't sell it, I might as well share...
...pile" and "a mass of novels written by 15-year-olds.") Even David Moldawer, the associate editor who helped sign Hutchins to St. Martin's dismisses novel podcasting's growth. "It's a very small community," Moldawer, who now works for Penguin Books, told TIME. "I think the podcasting thing in general has definitely flattened out." Audio-type books require a longer commitment than reading a book, he adds, and sifting the wheat from the chaff is a time-consuming process...
...Wall Street for shameful and irresponsible behavior after reports that Wall Street paid $18.4 billion in bonuses in 2008. These numbers were from New York State where payouts were 44% below last year. The common man, the government, and the press felt that no bonuses were the only right thing...
...writing. “My goal is to make people care about the green sweet world,” she said. Harvard Museum of Natural History Executive Director Elisabeth A. Werby ’72 used the words of conservationist Wendell Berry—“the only thing we have to protect nature with is culture”—to underline the importance of nature writing, especially in light the grave modern climate change situation. Payne said that as a nature writer, she finds that humans’ separation from nature is a more severe crisis...
...Democrats. Few economists predict that the economy will be fully recovered by the 2010 election, with or without the stimulus, making it all but certain that Republicans will run for re-election against Obama's economic record. Already, such campaign rhetoric has been seeping into the debate. "The only thing this bill will stimulate is more government and more debt," said Representative Mike Pence, a conservative leader. (See pictures of John McCain's presidential campaign...