Monthly Archives: August 2010
That was quick: Mickey Hess blurbs How to Be Inappropriate, via The Rumpus.
As part of a project/offer/stunt, writer Mickey Hess has offered to blurb any book within 24 hours. He made his offer on The Rumpus, the online magazine for very smart people. I should have given him one of my unpublished … Continue reading
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More notes about or against the lyric essay; in which your plucky correspondent answers questions about his reservations on a certain made-up literary form.
Last week, a college student named Jordan Baum sent me some questions about my thoughts on the lyric essay. She’s working on a long thesis about it, and had noticed some of the things I had written online as well … Continue reading
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David Naughton sings “Makin’ It,” theme to ABC’s disco-themed sitcom of the same name.
Merv Griffin Show. Bonus clips after the jump.
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Just up on McSweeney’s: New Criticism Literary Theory Book Title or Self-Aggrandizing Male Genital Nickname?
Just up on McSweeney’s: New Criticism Literary Theory Book Title or Self-Aggrandizing Male Genital Nickname? Try your hand at this quiz-list here. (Hint: I just gave away one answer to your left.)
Filed under Shameless Self-Promotion
Probably the best exchange about Star Wars on Facebook I’ve ever read.
[Old friend from college #1] So it’s Drunkday and I’m watching Star Wars, the 3rd one or 6th…the one with the Ewok’s, and it occurs to me…what the hell is the force and what are these people on about??? on … Continue reading
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