Topic: Slate

Slate's New Book Review; Japan's Impossible E-Book Quota

Slate

Today in publishing and literature: Slate's new book review section goes live, The Day of the Triffids is getting the Sam Raimi treatment, and Japan's publishers set a lofty and impractical goal for e-book production.

By Richard Lawson

Feb 28, 2012

On 'The Berenstain Bears' and When to Say Nothing at All

For at least one person, Slate's Hanna Rosin, The Berenstain Bears were horrid regressive devils, and Berenstain's death merits a contrarian essay about the books' awfulness, complete with the phrase "good riddance." Good riddance? Good grief.

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By Richard Lawson

Jan 31, 2012

The Steven Spielberg Backlash Is Tired

As part of their Completist series, in which a writer consumes and considers an entire artist's (usually a director's) oeuvre, the Internet's perpetual hand-raising prodder Slate had Bill Wyman watch all of Steven Spielberg's films and report his findings. They were, unsurprisingly, pretty negative.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Sep 13, 2011

Another Senior Member of Slate's Staff Splits

Culture editor John Swansburg is moving to The New Yorker's web team

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By Adam Clark Estes

Sep 6, 2011

Reuters Snags Slate's Jack Shafer

According to New York, Shafer will join Reuters stable of opinion columnists

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By Connor Simpson

Aug 25, 2011

Journalists Shocked by Slate's Layoffs

Departures of Jack Shafer and Tom Noah cause media shock and outrage

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By Ray Gustini

Jul 7, 2011

Slate Was Into Eyebrows Way Before DSK

It's not quite a fetish. Call it a healthy interest

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By Ray Gustini

Apr 20, 2011

What the Tweet?

Protest Songs, Bloomberg Geology, and Chimpanzees

Plus: Michael Bloomberg gives rocks as presents

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