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Monday, 09 January 2006
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the smoking gun and james frey.
welp, i love literary scandal. i mean, who doesn't? apparently, james frey embellished, and outright made shit up in his book a million little pieces, and that pain in the ass, smoking gun, found out. i love those dudes. they are like what journalism could be if their heads weren't up rupert murdoch's ass. here is the 6 page expose on all the inaccuracies in the book. i am really really disappointed in james frey. i mean, call it fiction, and say it is based on your life, and you're a fucking genius, say it's true and it's not, and you are a liar and a bad writer. you were on drugs, jim, everyone will forgive you a little slack, but these things are huge. james frey must be freaking out right now, his site clearly reflects his anger over the situation. whatever, dude. i am not sure what to make of it right now.
--uberangie
Monday, 14 November 2005
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one well-read home has a new pet: some 1082 penguins [nytimes]
wow, what a great birthday gift! that is a cool story and it gave me shivers.
i heart books.
--uberangie
Wednesday, 02 November 2005
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Currently Reading
Freakonomics : A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
By Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
see relatedfreakonomics is freakin' chaos.
no, no, i joke. but it is like all over the place all the time. it's very interesting though, and i like reading weird stats and whatnot, especially interesting about incentives and economics in layman's terms. i am very interested in that, plus it examines how people are motivated and that is fascinating. the weird thing about this book is it's complete dedication to stephen levitt as a brilliant guy. i mean, every chapter is a quote from someone or somewhere talking about how great he is, how innovative, how superfantastic. i am kindof expecting this:
Chapter 16.
What do ants, lemmings and crack addicts have in common?"Stephen was a brilliant child, when he burned ants with a magnifying glass he would always ask about the ant's incentive for running through his death circle."
--Mrs. Levitt, Stephen's mom.it's just slow in the going. with nanowrimo well on its way, it will be long until i can read something fun and substantial without like totally blowing my word count. anyway, anyone ever read joan didion?
Wednesday, 12 October 2005
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john mullen sent this to me, and it made me laugh, a lot.The Washington Post Style Invitational contest asked readers to submit "instructions" for something (anything), written in the style of a famous person. The winning entry was "The Hokey Pokey" as written by W. Shakespeare:O proud left foot, that ventures quick within
Then soon upon a backward journey lithe.
Anon, once more the gesture, then begin:
Command sinistral pedestal to writhe.
Commence thou then the fervid Hokey-Poke,
A mad gyration, hips in wanton swirl.
To spin! A wilde release from Heavens yoke.
Blessed dervish! Surely canst go, girl.
The Hoke, the poke -- banish now thy doubt
Verily, I say, 'tis what it's all about.-uberangie
Tuesday, 04 October 2005
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the prize delayed to decide between crap and different, yet not dirty, crap.
i swear to god i'm working, but i noticed this headline on journalistic powerhouse yahoo news: Nobel Literature Prize Date in Limbo. yeah, i hear you, so fucking what? but i direct your attention to the highlit line below:
By MATT MOORE, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 46 minutes ago
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Nobel watchers hoping to find out who will win the 2005 literature prize will have to wait at least a week.
With the other Nobel Prize announcements already in full swing, many expected the Swedish Academy to confirm the date on Tuesday. Instead, it kept silent, suggesting the coveted award will be announced Oct. 13.By tradition, the 18-member group that makes up the 219-year-old institution, announces on a Tuesday that it will name the winner the following Thursday at 7 a.m. EDT.
It's also led to speculation that academy members may be locked in fierce debate as to who should take home this year's prize, which includes a $1.3 million prize, a gold medal and a diploma, along with a guaranteed boost in sales.
This year's awards, which began Monday and conclude Oct. 10, will likely have a one-day break — Thursday — with no prize being announced.
Anna Tillgren, of Bonniers Publishing house, said the academy's silence likely meant the prize would be announced on Oct. 13, "but you never know what they are up to."
The academy had no comment. Since 1901, when it awarded its first prize to France's Sally Prudhomme, the academy has not handed out an award seven times. Those years were 1914, 1918, 1935 and 1940-43.
Ahead of the academy's likely announcement next week, several authors, including Philip Roth and Joyce Carol Oates have been touted by Nobel watchers, along with Margaret Atwood of Canada and Nuruddin Farah of Somalia.
Other perennials include Peruvian-born Mario Vargas Llosa. Europeans have won the literature prize in nine of the past 10 years, so the experts think the academy may look elsewhere this year.
Last year, the prize went to Austrian writer Elfriede Jelinek. In 2003, it went to South African writer J.M. Coetzee.
Other names bandied about as winners, or at least strong favorites for the 2005 prize, include Syrian poet Ali Ahmad Said, known as Adonis; Korean poet Ko Un; and Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer.
Since the prize was first handed out in 1901, only nine women have won.
are you fucking kidding me? phillip roth. le dirty old man, as the french refer to him. or la fraud as the spaniish refer to him. or crap, as americans refer to him. i am pulling for the peruvian.
--uberangie
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We are Kellyann & Angie, identical twins thrown together by kismet, a love of rice & beans, and an almost fanatical devotion to words, written and spoken. This is a chronicle of our yearlong commitment to books. The challenge is to read a book a week for a year, and maybe because we are superheroes or maybe because we are just twisted...WE WILL DO THIS!
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