We’re heading home from Milan this morning, dear readers! Wish us a safe trip and enjoy this week’s links!
Why do European financiers always misread U.S. markets?
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I discovered the Morgan Library a few months ago on a walk in NYC and want to check it out when I have some time. That addition really does suck ass, however.
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For what it’s worth, I’ve never been in an MFA program and my alleged novel is about a topic of which I’m almost completely ignorant.
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Herbert Muschamp, the NYTimes‘ architecture critic, died this week.
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The worst business deals ever (with slideshow).
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Ron Rosenbaum writes about how journalism can get back to its roots, which won’t happen since most major magazines are owned by media conglomerates (which is to say, stories won’t explicitly get spiked, but editors will “know better” than to run certain articles/profiles).
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I haven’t read it yet, but here’s an excerpt of an interview with Roger Langridge, who made some of my favorite comics of the past 20 years (not Knuckles the Malevolent Nun, which the interview-segment seems to focus on).
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Raise the value of the dollar against the euro? A little late, now that we’re leaving Milan! Grr!