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Monthly Archives: November 2006
Screw the Booker and the Pulitzer. My Two Favorite Literary Awards Are:
1. The Bulwer Lytton fiction contest (award given to what could be a worst opening sentence in a novel – sometimes hypothetical novel – the award is named for the man who began his book with “It was a dark … Continue reading
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Tosches
Check out Nick Tosches. You know, I tore my way through Dino: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams – and didn’t write that much about it here – even though it was just a GREAT reading experience. Must … Continue reading
The Proust Questionnaire
Any Vanity Fair reader will be familiar with the Proust questionnaire that always graces the back page of the mag. A celebrity, or famous figure – is sent the questions – and he or she responds. They’re always fun to … Continue reading
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The Books: At the Altar: ‘A Dinner of Herbs’ (L.M. Montgomery)
Daily Book Excerpt: YA/Children’s books: At the Altar – ‘A Dinner of Herbs’ – by L.M. Montgomery Speaking of maiden aunts! ‘A Dinner of Herbs’ is about a maiden aunt – who has elements of many other Lucy Maud heroines … Continue reading
Being understood
I love this piece. I’ll write more about it later – I’ve been thinking about it quite a bit – just wanted to link to it in the meantime.
Stoppard’s “Coast of Utopia”
I’m going to have to go see this. You know, there are some things that just have to be done. A 9-hour play about Russia spanning an entire century written by Tom Stoppard? Seriously, in my world, in MY crowd, … Continue reading
When legends gather …
Charlton Heston, Marilyn Monroe, and Rock Hudson. You know, even from that angle (which is disastrous for 99.99999% of the population – especially the female population) Marilyn looks ravishing. Which reminds me – I finished the third book on my … Continue reading
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The Books: At the Altar: ‘Aunt Philippa and the Men’ (L.M. Montgomery)
Daily Book Excerpt: YA/Children’s books: At the Altar – ‘Aunt Philippa and the Men’ – by L.M. Montgomery At the Altar is another one of the collections put together by Rea Wilmhurst in the 90s of Lucy Maud’s work – … Continue reading
New addiction: Horrible Breakups
This blog: e-closure. People email in their stories of horrible breakups. They email in their entire break-up correspondences. I can’t stop reading it. Here’s a good story to start with. Watch it degenerate. Well, it doesn’t start at a very … Continue reading
Maiden aunts, singledom, feminism
Anne has a really interesting post up – with a great conversation going on in the comments. (Her comments section should be given an award, by the way – I’ve always felt that way. I went on a huge tangent … Continue reading
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