So says AV Club. Wonder what the plot will be. More Marge? Actual Fargo? Almost wish they hadn't; there's no way they can top Malvo as a bad guy.
LIT Sad piece on Harper Lee, the "Mockingbird" author who decided it was one-and-done. The only other thing I've read by her was an essay in Life magazine, preceding the publication of "Mockingbird," describing a Christmas gift that allowed her to write without having to worry about rent. This was before anyone knew who she was. From the Vulture article:
Most eye-raising line about her sister:
Yeah, you're looking at 99, you might want to slow down. (Book Jacket from this Buzzfeed piece about how book jackets have changed over the years.) Related: Do you have a novel in you? Could be gas. Here are seven reasons not to write a novel - and one reason you should. (It's not money.)
TYPEFACES Font geeks will enjoy this piece about the typography of "Grand Budapest Hotel," and how it helped create the bygone world of Zubrowka. A note about the little things you never saw:
And that's why the movie is so convincing.
ARCHITECTURE Atlas Obscura looks at some statues rescued from a demolished New York skyscraper. The wikipedia page on the St. Paul building is rather cruel:
Bonus: the statues were the work of Karl Bitter, who did the Thomas Lowry memorial in Minneapolis.
