David Haglund Picks Three

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Alex Barron
The New Yorker Radio Hour | Nov 18, 2016

David Haglund, the literary editor of newyorker.com, tells David Remnick that these days he’s looking for things that cheer him up. Among his discoveries: a sketch from the BBC comedy show “That Mitchell and Webb Look” about a clueless editor; the blog Rex Parker Does the New York Times Crossword Puzzle; and the musician Lee Moses, who recorded a forgotten gem of nineteen-seventies R. & B.

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