Jessica Linzey
@jesslinzey.bsky.social
Journalist. Audio producer. Story editor. Reluctant island dweller. Currently: BBC Sounds, freelance hustle. Recently: CBC Podcasts, CBC Radio.
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/1350-the-africas-vs-america
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/1350-the-africas-vs-america
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it’s a crime against humanity, Peter
“Audacious.” What the fuck are these people doing.
February 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
it’s a crime against humanity, Peter
My god, how lucky we were to have had him
This image, and the story that goes with it, is something I think about all the time.
January 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
My god, how lucky we were to have had him
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I’m trying to think of what to say about David Lynch and there’s nothing to say other than that he was one of the purest artists in the world and also had absolutely no pretension about making things that could otherwise be incredibly pretentious.
January 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I’m trying to think of what to say about David Lynch and there’s nothing to say other than that he was one of the purest artists in the world and also had absolutely no pretension about making things that could otherwise be incredibly pretentious.
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November 29, 2024 at 4:15 PM
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‘But what we appear to have with lines about pressing “my face between your thighs” is a writer with his nose pressed into the pure perfume between the open thighs of a book.’
So yes, chef’s kiss of a review from Anna Merlan here.
So yes, chef’s kiss of a review from Anna Merlan here.
This piece is absolute dreck -- the prose so purple it's suffering from near-fatal strangulation -- AND it manages to elide whether McCarthy was having sex with a 16-year-old runaway from foster care. Demerits all around and also jesus christ www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...
Cormac McCarthy’s Secret Muse Breaks Her Silence After Half a Century: “I Loved Him. He Was My Safety.”
When he was 42, Cormac McCarthy fell in love with a 16-year-old girl he met by a motel pool. Augusta Britt would go on to become one of the most significant—and secret—inspirations in literary history...
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November 21, 2024 at 2:43 AM
‘But what we appear to have with lines about pressing “my face between your thighs” is a writer with his nose pressed into the pure perfume between the open thighs of a book.’
So yes, chef’s kiss of a review from Anna Merlan here.
So yes, chef’s kiss of a review from Anna Merlan here.
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Nick Cave on raisins, via Spencer Kornhaber: They have a “grim, scrotal horribleness, but like all things in this world—you, me and every other little thing—they have their place.”
Nick Cave’s Revised Rules for Men
On his new album, he searches out salvation in the face of insecurity and irrelevance.
www.theatlantic.com
November 19, 2024 at 9:22 PM
Nick Cave on raisins, via Spencer Kornhaber: They have a “grim, scrotal horribleness, but like all things in this world—you, me and every other little thing—they have their place.”
@jorgebarrera.bsky.social and Rachel Houlihan are two of the finest investigative journalists I’ve worked with. This story of theirs is a wild listen. And a good distraction: open.spotify.com/show/5asD2sD...
Uncover
Podcast · CBC · They needed certainty. They got chaos. For over a decade, countless people from at least five different countries put their trust in a company offering prenatal paternity tests. It pro...
open.spotify.com
November 20, 2024 at 12:16 AM
@jorgebarrera.bsky.social and Rachel Houlihan are two of the finest investigative journalists I’ve worked with. This story of theirs is a wild listen. And a good distraction: open.spotify.com/show/5asD2sD...
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A man confronted by the consequences of his own actions:
November 14, 2024 at 3:03 PM
A man confronted by the consequences of his own actions: