August 13, 2008 at 9:10 pm Post Author: slyfloyd Tags: america, Art, book, children, cool, cover, culture, death, epic, experiment, family, fiction, hilarious, history, horror, humanity, James Joyce, language, lies, lost, love, memoir, men, movement, novel, order, sign, slate, thanks, work, wound ·
Let me start by saying that this grouping is little more than a list of some of my favorite books. It in no way purports to be comprehensive in any sense, nor are the books presented in any particular order.
Many are distinctly Modern (I’m looking at you, Dave Eggers, Nicole Krauss and Lauren Slater). Others [...]
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February 25, 2008 at 9:11 pm Post Author: Giania Tags: 9, Art, author, book, contest, contributor, fun, love, memoir, NY Times, print, privledge, review, six words, slices of life, SMITH magazine, story, words ·
What more is there to say? Ok, well, for anyone who isn’t in the know: SMITH Magazine, Larry Smith, and Rachel Fershleiser set about collecting six word memoirs from all types of people. Some were famous, some were just everyday people who entered a contest to have their miniaturized life story printed.
The outcome of [...]
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February 8, 2008 at 12:04 pm Post Author: Giania Tags: abandonment, adulation, adventure, aimee mann, Art, author, blog, book, bottled waters, co-workers, contributor, fame, friends, fun, gentle_readers, lies, magazine, mario batali, meatspace, memoir, print, privledge, project, six words, slices of life, SMITH magazine, stephen colbert, wiki, words, work ·
Gentle readers: Well, it’s happened. I done hit the big time. It’s only a matter of time before I’ve abandoned you to go sip expensive bottled waters on yachts and anal-retentively police my own wiki entry.
What, might you ask, has caused this sudden surge in adulation for and popularity of yours truly? Well whether [...]
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