Identity Theory's
Best of 2006
Posted by Matt Borondy / March 1, 2007
Here at Identity Theory, we love all our babies equally. But this
year, as a result of some twisted effort towards generosity, we
felt compelled to give out prizes to the authors of our "top
stories" in each category published on the site.
The following list shows the "best" article in each section
in bold, accompanied by some of the other really, really good stories
within the category. New readers of the site can use this list as
a guide to the site, and the rest of you can take it as an opportunity
to revisit the glorious year that was 2006.
Of the 23 author interviews we published in 2006, we felt Robert
Birnbaum's conversation with Eduardo Galeano was the
best. Others we really, really liked included Robert's talks with
George
Saunders and Donald
Hall.
Our favorite among the eighteen fiction pieces was "A
Hard Truth about Waste Management" by Sumanth Prabhaker.
We were also quite fond of "Amphibian"
by Nick Antosca and "Perfect"
by Tom Conoboy.
Of our nineteen nonfiction works published in '06, "Warbler
Delight" by Amy Leach stood out the most, while
"Five
Alternatives to Throwing your Penis at the Police" by Tyler
Smith and "Disney
and the Erotic Art of Dying" by Benjamin Buchholz were
fan favorites.
Random
Truths about Caroliner was our favorite of the 44 music
articles posted last year, with Ross
Simonini's interview of Gang Gang Dance and Random
Truths about Brightblack Morning Light also holding their own.
It was a lean year for social justice articles, with "Big
Government and the Big Easy" by Norman Ball being
the most notable of the four pieces. But we hope you didn't miss
out on the Social
Justice blog, which was faithfully updated by Alexandra Tursi
and Jesslyn Roebuck throughout much of the year.
Our film section launched in October, and "Finding
Woody: Allen's Play it Again, Sam" by Matt Sorrento
as well as "Her
Majesty, The Queen" by A. Mary Murphy were two
of the headlining reviews.
As is typical, we only published a handful of traditional book
reviews in 2006, but we are very proud of Stephen
Schenkenberg's review of William H. Gass' A Temple of Texts
and Summer
Block's review of Charles Blackstone's The Week You Weren't
Here.
Catherine
Moles' Post-Katrina New Orleans Photos stood out among
our visual art selections last year.
Our magnificent poetry editor selected 48 poems for publication
in 2006, best exemplified in "Belfast
Linen Factories" by Emily Digiovanni, "The
Accident" by Abigail George, and "They
Built a Wall Around the Ocean" by Lily Bower.
We are certainly proud of all the work published on our website
during 2006, and we greatly appreciate the contributions made by
everyone involved with the publication throughout the year.
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