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Monthly Archives October 2008

TJ Sullivan on Rejection

By Scott McKenzie Posted on October 31, 2008 In General 1 No tags 0

TJ Sullivan has a nice piece on rejection.

“This is the writer’s life,

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Halloween Reads

By Scott McKenzie Posted on October 31, 2008 In General 0 No tags 0

I have to admit that I don’t read a great deal of horror, but to celebrate Halloween this year,

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2nd Brocabulary Giveaway

By Scott McKenzie Posted on October 31, 2008 In News 0 No tags 0

The signed copy of Daniel Maurer’s Brocabulary: The New Man-i-festo of Dude Talk is going to a creative reader in Illinois.

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Adler’s Book Proposal

By Scott McKenzie Posted on October 30, 2008 In General, Hard Rock Literature, News 0 No tags 0

Galley Cat is reporting that former Guns ‘n Roses drummer Steven Adler is sending out a proposal today for a memoir entitled My Appetite for Destruction.

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The Birth of a New Word

By Scott McKenzie Posted on October 29, 2008 In General, Rants 2 No tags 0

Sports fans have probably become accustomed to the term escapability over the years. Primarily used in reference to football quarterbacks who have the ability to scramble and avoid the rush,

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Hodgman Gauges Wikipedia

By Scott McKenzie Posted on October 29, 2008 In General 0 No tags 0

The Chicago Tribune has a cute article as John Hodgman, author of More Information than You Require goes through his Wikipedia page and evaluates the accuracy of the details.

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Brocabulary Giveaways

By Scott McKenzie Posted on October 29, 2008 In General 1 No tags 0

Yesterday, I had a free signed copy of Daniel Maurer’s Brocabulary: The New Man-i-festo of Dude Talk up for grabs to the first person who emailed me.

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Brush Up on Your Brocabulary with a Free Book

By Scott McKenzie Posted on October 28, 2008 In General 0 No tags 0

I’ve got a couple of free, signed copies of Brocabulary: The New Man-i-festo of Dude Talk to give away.

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Interview: Daniel Maurer, Author

By Scott McKenzie Posted on October 28, 2008 In General 0 No tags 0

Labelled a “manthropologist,” Daniel Maurer gets plenty of opportunities to observe his subjects in the field. He’s the editor of New York magazine’s food and nightlife blog,

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Bondurant to Sign at Politics & Prose

By Scott McKenzie Posted on October 24, 2008 In News 0 No tags 0

If you’re in the Washington, DC area tomorrow, be sure to stop by Politics &

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Proulx Planning to Leave the Range

By Scott McKenzie Posted on October 24, 2008 In General 0 No tags 0

The LA Times has a nice, fairly lengthy article about Annie Proulx.

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Kakutani at her Finest

By Scott McKenzie Posted on October 24, 2008 In General 0 No tags 0

Normally, I’m not a fan of Michiko Kakutani’s reviews for the New York Times. But damn, her buzzsaw today through Diane Johnson’s Lulu in Marrakech is a riot.

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All the Sad Young Readers

By Scott McKenzie Posted on October 21, 2008 In General 1 No tags 0

For the past few weeks, I’ve been reading nonfiction almost exclusively. There have been a few novels scattered here and there,

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Win a Trip to See Metallica

By Scott McKenzie Posted on October 20, 2008 In News 1 No tags 0

Nothing to do with books, but guitars are my second love, so here ya go…

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Interview: Matt Bondurant, Author

By Scott McKenzie Posted on October 20, 2008 In Interviews 0 No tags 0

In 2005, Matt Bondurant published The Third Translation, a book that blended the study of Egypt,

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