Federal Writer's Project Retrospective on NYT

Here is an old draft I'm finally publishing about a fascinating Depression-era government-backed project for writers and artists.

Going Down the Road - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com

Ian Hibell | Economist.com

Dwelling on the life of an interesting man indeed, now laid to rest.

Ian Hibell | Economist.com

Literary Anniversary

Like everyone else today, I feel obligated to note that 9/5/07 marks the 50th anniversary of the original publication of Jack Kerouac's controversial On the Road. Much loved and much despised, the wanderer's breakthrough novel, typed on a near-continuous role of typesheet while Kerouac was agitated on benzedrine, continues to split the literary community today.

I myself choose to celebrate this milestone.

Slate: You Don't Know Jack

More Intelligent Life: On the Road at 50

"Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?" -JK, On the Road