Material Girls, Zola’s Game Theory, Tipping Points

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Posted on September 30, 2004
Filed Under Roth, Philip, Roundup, Stephenson, Neal

Edinburgh hopes to add a walking tour to the Royal Mile.
Three refurbished Truman Capote volumes have been released in time for Capote’s 80th birthday.
Unemployed doctoral students may want to consider analyzing Zola. Apparently, it ties into current French politics.
David Halberstam sinks his teeth into Rathergate.
Neal Stephenson has shaved his head. And apparently his audience has grown older.
Andrea Dworkin has written a followup book about the infamous drug-rape.
The new stamps for 2005: Greta Garbo (check), Henry Fonda (check), The Muppets (check), Richard Fenyman (double check), Arthur Ashe (check) and *sigh* Ronald Reagan.
Newsday talks with Philip Roth. The big surprise? Apparently, tenderness.
Richard B. Wright: a literary career forged on endless awards?
Nympho Bride: Ashcroft’s idea of terrorism.
The New Yorker still has faith in Tipping Point Segmentation technology. What’s Gladwell’s cut?
Madonna studying literature at Oxford?

One Response to “Material Girls, Zola’s Game Theory, Tipping Points”

ALLABOUTGEORGE.com on October 14th, 2004 5:25 am

This week’s backed-up aggregate.

Uppity-Negro’s “I did avoid using the word ‘problmatized’ in this entry” adds a nice garnish to some of this week’s backchannel instant-messagingDenise Winterham’s “The name game,” Daddy Types’ “2004 Celebrity Baby Names,” Albert’s “It takes nine month…

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