Anyone enjoying the nightlife in NYC tonight, skip Uber; hail a yellow cab instead. Those drivers are voluntarily losing their best fares.
Pete Simon
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Pete Simon
@Pete__Simon
- I’m just an editor, standing in front of a writer, asking them to tell me what they’re telling me slightly differently.
- This is an important moment in that NYer piece about the decline of the humanities. #iwasanenglishmajor
- Here's an (unoriginal) thought: instead of another fucking war, how about we give refuge to the war's victims?Trump administration edges toward war in Syria thkpr.gs/6518b4702ea6
- On sale next Tuesday, 12/7: Charles Baudelaire's "The Flowers of Evil" (Les Fleurs du mal), translated by Aaron Poochigian! Book trailer here: youtu.be/NltgTSfnq_0 via @YouTube @LiverightPub
- “Is this a book for adults? Or a book for young readers?” “Yes, it is.”
- Replying to @footballqueen52 @lovedog7 and @FountainBkstoreYes, you're right. But Brian's general point--that the price advantage is at least partly the result of exploitative labor practices--still stands.
- Replying to @tonyposnanskiAccompanied by Michelle in a little sleeveless number. They could even give each other a fist-bump at some point.
- I was reminded this week of one of my favorite publishing whoopsies of all time. Had to share, for any of my book friends who aren’t aware that this happened (in the first printing, which was apparently 40k copies):
- “Sometimes people give the impression that translation is about learning the language/culture perfectly — i.e. mastery. But I think it’s more about learning how to translate with the part of your brain that writes poetry.”
