Martha and Grant discuss the rise of the Great Japanese cell-phone novel. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Cell-Phone Novels” Grant, there was a mind-boggling piece in the New York Times recently. It was about the great Japanese...
bean shoot n.— «Only a few weeks shy of parole in 1995, Andre found himself confined to a cell with walls the color of Pepto-Bismol. He received his meals through a slit in the door known in prison parlance as a “bean shoot”; his best friend was...