THE FEED: SEP 7TH

What we're reading:

The world's no. 1 storyteller
(New York Magazine): A profile of Roald Dahl, "storyteller as benevolent sadist"

Best of bad art
(New York Times): A charming piece about collectors of thrift-store treasures. "Her nipples follow you around the room. Creepy!”

Booker shortlist announced
(Independent): Tom McCarthy makes the cut, David Mitchell doesn't

Today's quote:

"I do know of so many cases where executives would say 'What we want is something new, something different, something extraordinary!...And they're brought something new, different and extraordinary and immediately the executive gets cold feet, falls back on something else and we end up with something incredibly bland."

~ Stephen Fry, "BBC 'culture of fear' creating blandness" (BBC News)

(Via The Economist)

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