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Coen Brothers to tackle Chabon’s “Yiddish Policeman’s Union”

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Oh Yes. The Coen Brothers, the masters of modern movie Noir are set to direct Michael Chabon’s latest novel, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union. Set in an alternative universe where the Jews lost the War of Independence and set up shop in Sitka,Alaska, the novel is about Meyer Landsman, an alcoholic homicide detective who investigates the [...]

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Stuff only I care about….

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Green tea may work as an anti-inflammatory for people with Rheumatoid Arthritis. How to make a plastic bag keeper. R.E.M.’s music catalog dissected once song at a time. “Now That The Day Is Over“, The Innocence Mission’s beautiful collection of lullabies, will make you want to burn your Baby Einstein collection. Buy it for your [...]

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Chabon says Portman for Kavalier and Clay movie

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My dear Natalie Portman (she’s pretty) is a “strong likelihood for the part of Rosa” in the movie adaption of one of my most favorite novels ever – The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay – according to author Michael Chabon. Good casting. Golems = Awesome.

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Chabon! Chabon! Chabon!

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I have learned to embrace and not shun away from my nerdom past. I freaking love comic books. Always have. I have also always loved to read. I’m also a Jew. So when Michael Chabon published The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay I was in heaven. Yes, thousands and thousands of people all over [...]

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