Tag Archives: Literary prank calls
I crank-called a number at University of Iowa to ask about the Essay Prize. No one knew about it.
I actually like this site, but wondered who ran it. There was a phone number along with an University of Iowa address. Which secret papist organization ran it? Figured calling up using my effeminate voice would make it interesting for … Continue reading
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Guest prank-caller Tony Dohr asks NYU’s creative writing department about ghost writers, Galway Kinnell and Yusef “mouthful of a name” Komunyakaa.
Make way for the master. Tony Dohr stopped by the WWAATD offices yesterday, and we set this up on the spot. Posing as Albert Reiskoff, a former trader at Shearson Lehman (Brothers), Tony asked about possible ghost writers for his … Continue reading
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I prank-called Prairie Lights bookstore to ask about lyric essay books.
Didn’t do so hot this time. Sort of clammed-up. Think the clerk was on to me. I’ll post another call on Wednesday around noon ETA. Look out for it.
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I prank-called Saint Mark’s Bookstore to ask about lyric essay books.
Bless the Saint Mark’s Bookstore clerk. The Norman Lear joke did not fly, but it was otherwise fun to do.
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I prank-called another unnamed creative writing program to ask about lyric essay classes.
I’m getting better at this. This time I did it live, and it took all of me not to break and laugh out loud. I wrote out what I was going to say, then ad-libbed. And then was put on … Continue reading
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