... who just happens to be performing with Pomplamoose (which I've promised not to mention any more) and Ben Folds, in a new video song here.
It's perfectly respectable and hip to mention Hornby, so I feel no style-guilt in passing this on. Also, the point he makes in the "lyrics" here is a little icicle to the heart of anyone in the middle of a big writing project, like for instance me. Oh well. Thanks to reader SH. (And although Nick Hornby is not involved, consider also this one and of course this classic.)
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James Fallows is a national correspondent for The Atlantic and has written for the magazine since the late 1970s. He has reported extensively from outside the United States and once worked as President Carter's chief speechwriter. He and his wife, Deborah Fallows, are the authors of the new book Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey Into the Heart of America, which has been a New York Times best-seller and is the basis of a forthcoming HBO documentary.