By Daniel D'Addario 7/26/11 7:08pm

The Eight-Day Week

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The Eight-Day Week: July 27-August 3

Wednesday, July 27

Clay Date

Summer’s caught up with us—and we know, we complain about it every week, but the aggregate effect of sweating this much packs a more crippling punch than Wendi Murdoch! We find ourselves regressing to childhood: leaning hard on the chocolate-frozen yogurt handle at 16 Handles, wearing Read More

By Daniel D'Addario 4/05/11 11:24pm

The Eight-Day Week

The Eight-Day Week: April 6-13

Wednesday, April 6

Youth and Beauty 

Ah, Karen Russell. Or, as the Swamplandia! author might render it, Karen Russell! Never has a young author provoked such envy since that little minx Freudenberger. (Is it a girl thing?) But back to Ms. Russell: The 29-year-old phenom was pegged as an under-40 author to watch on that Read More