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Jennifer Lopez, Pink Floyd, and other Celebrity Bugs

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Every year, thousands of new species of creatures are identified. Since naming something after oneself is considered a diva move in the scientific community, many choose the next best…

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David Foster Wallace’s Editor on ‘The Pale King’

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This week, posthumous novel “The Pale King” is released from Wallace’s long time publisher Little Brown. His longtime editor, Michael Pietsch, talks about how emotional it is for an editor to bring a book into the world when it’s author is gone.

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