And In the Interest of Equal Time
I wrote my tongue-in-cheek suggestion about reality television researching literary scandals last night. This morning, I checked my email and there is a note from Geoffrey Knoop, one of the participants in the J.T. Leroy saga. You might have first learned about Knoop when was most prominently interviewed in this New York Times article where he acknowledged…
continue readingFaulkner Letter Auctioned for $18k
Jeff at Syntax of Things always locates the coolest items and yesterday was no different. He found this Reuters report about a letter written by William Faulkner that drew nearly $18,000 at auction on Sunday. In the missive, Faulkner complains about being conned into signing a seven year contract with Warner Bros film studio. Some F. Scott Fitzgerald…
continue readingUS Weekly Owes Me Four Bucks
Bastards. I’m expecting a personal check from Jann Wenner for four U.S. dollars.
continue readingCompany Reviewed
Max Barry’s entertaining new novel was reviewed by Stanley Bing in Sunday’s Washington Post. Bing liked the novel tremendously. Although he felt the characters were a little hollow, which undercut some of the reader’s emotional investment in their lives, the book was still “laugh-out-loud funny, its humor driven by all the pleasure that a true shock…
continue readingSo That’s Why I Haven’t Heard From That Editor
Gawker received a leaked email from Conde Nast Publications yesterday detailing their email problems. According to the Executive Director of Information Systems & Technology, the publishing goliath is “experiencing unusually long delays in the delivery of out-going email from several of our New York offices.” Which absolutely explains why I haven’t received my acceptance from The…
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