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September 2008

Issue 9 Editors' Note

 By Paul Menchaca
 

The Boredom Issue

[published: September 24, 2008]

The Re-Enchanter

 By Keach Hagey
 

Joe Milutis knows a lot about nothing. He wrote a book about ether and gives tours of parking lots. He shares an excerpt of his latest project, a short film about a dead mall called The Idea of South, and talks with Last Exit about why he is not afraid of boredom.

[published: September 24, 2008]

The Cruel Boredom of Pornography

 By Robert Jensen
 

The dirty secret of the porn industry is that, with a finite number of ways that human bodies can fit together, its product is repetitive and dull by definition. So it must resort to sexualizing degradation itself.

[published: September 24, 2008]

Boredom: An Alternative Perspective

 By Salem Humaid
 

An ode to the often-overlooked middle ground of existence.

[published: September 24, 2008]

Haiku Lunch

 By Teresa Herrmann
 

To distract herself from her boring job, a writer posts two very different lunch invitations to Craigslist. One of them sparks a curious literary phenomenon – and possibly even good company.

[published: September 23, 2008]

Ceasefire Over

 By Walmsley Apricot
 

After 9-11, New York City cops found themselves awash in both federal money and popular adulation. But that still couldn’t make a boring shift pass faster.

[published: September 23, 2008]

The Vanishing Point

 By Bryan Joiner
 

A reflection on pleasure, pain and the life and work of David Foster Wallace.

[published: September 15, 2008]