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True Life, Loudly Exaggerated 4 comments

kileyaustinyoung wrote 5 months ago: True life, even loudly exaggerated, has deficiencies in organization and plot line and a muddiness o … more →

Tags: Miscellaneous Commentary, philalawyer, Tucker Max, honors thesis, sean wilsey, Tobias Wolff

An Underachiever's Diary: Benjamin Anastas (1999)

greatwhitegypsy wrote 5 months ago: by The Great White Gypsy This is a short book about the older of two identical twins. William is jus … more →

Tags: WorDs, what we've been reading, sexy gypsy., Review, Literature, Reading, Dave Eggers, book, an underachiever's diary

Reader survey: what is the great American nerd novel?16 comments

JSE wrote 1 year ago: This year’s Pulitzer winner The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is a candidate; it begins wit … more →

Tags: Books, Friends, Lists, Science Fiction, Nerds, nerd, Junot Diaz, austin grossman, Robert Coover

A moment of silence for one of the one hit wonders: James Crumley

collateraldamage wrote 1 year ago: Old friend Knox sent along word that James Crumley died last week. James Crumley, a critically accla … more →

Tags: A moment of silence for one of the greats, james crumley, Dennis Lehane, George Pelecanos, Hard-boiled, Hunter Thompson, James Webb, Philip Caputo, Raymond Chandler

Ex1 comment

MC Aaron wrote 1 year ago: The quote below is from A Fan’s Notes, by Frederick Exley, my #1 favorite book. (You should re … more →

Tags: Shit about life, A Fan's Notes, Literature

A Fan's Notes by Frederick Exley

mariadeathstar wrote 1 year ago: And our first question to Joyce, who brought the book to our attention, was: where the hell did you … more →

Tags: BookBlog, A Fan's Notes, misogyny

The Improbable, Writing and Playing with House Money

Erik John Bertel wrote 1 year ago: The improbable happened during this past Super Bowl with a decided underdog winning over the perfect … more →

Tags: Writing Fiction, A Fan's Notes, Gambling, Giants, New England Patriots, slush pile, Super Bowl, writing

The Improbable, Writing and Playing with House Money3 comments

Erik John Bertel wrote 1 year ago: The improbable happened during this past Super Bowl with a decided underdog winning over the perfect … more →

Tags: Writing Fiction, writing, Giants, New England Patriots, Gambling, Super Bowl, A Fan's Notes, slush pile


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