So here’s a quick update, just so that you Arafat Kazi completists can get your full share of this gracious brown man that you love so much.

“What we talk about when we talk about loving brands” on The Next Great Generation.

Interview: Paolo Bacigalupi talks about The Windup Girl on The Boston Phoenix. Originally this was a 6,000 word interview because I felt like it would be really cool to do a long-form interview with someone who’s just begun to be published, and Paolo was incredibly accommodating about my questions. Plus, I’m his biggest fan, so I had a whole bunch of questions about the novel itself. It was really cool. But then they decided to run it in the paper, not just on the site, and my hopes got dashed. I’ll ask for permission to put the whole thing up here though.

And here’s the best thing ever, it’s a picture of me that my darling friend Emma drew. I know it’s kinda small (that’s what I told her) but click on it for the full picture. It’s glorious.