{"id":10,"date":"2005-08-01T13:51:22","date_gmt":"2005-08-01T18:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/?p=10"},"modified":"2010-12-04T17:14:51","modified_gmt":"2010-12-04T22:14:51","slug":"the-bat-segundo-show-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/the-bat-segundo-show-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Amanda Filipacchi &#038; Kevin Smokler (BSS #4)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo4.mp3\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/wp-content\/segundo4.jpg\" alt=\"the bat segundo show #4\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Approximate Date:<\/b> July 31, 2005<\/p>\n<p><b>Authors:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amandafilipacchi.com\/\">Amanda Filipacchi<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheretheressmoke.net\/\">Kevin Smokler<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Condition of Bat Segundo:<\/b> In an unspecified condition of &#8220;pain.&#8221;  More sober than usual, pining for scotch and merlot.<\/p>\n<p><b>Subjects Discussed:<\/b> Stalking, dark comedy, intense behavior, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/news\/culture\/0,1284,53488,00.html\">Harriet Klausner<\/a>, chick lit, keeping lists, sex, the politically incorrect, the <i>menage a trois<\/i>, class-based characters, free time, book tours, the relationship between publishers and online literary venues,  FSG and Christopher Sorrentino&#8217;s <i>Trance<\/i>,  the next generation of writers (McSweeney&#8217;s as homogeneous voice?), the telegenic requirements of writers, the cult of personality, clarifying the <a href=\"http:\/\/marksarvas.blogs.com\/elegvar\/2005\/05\/about_a_book_.html\">&#8220;Reading at Risk&#8221; controversy<\/a>, the intentions of <i>Bookmark Now<\/i>, literary standards vs. enthusiasm, the <i>Iliad<\/i> as logline, responding to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beatrice.com\/archives\/001477.html\">&#8220;writing in unreaderly times&#8221; flap<\/a>, individual vs. group reading, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tinglealley.com\/?p=800\">explaining the Nicholson Baker acknowledgment<\/a>.<\/p>\n[<b>INTERVIEW NOTES:<\/B> The interview with Amanda Filipacchi was conducted by telephone.]\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1113\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo4.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo4.mp3\">http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo4.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Listen: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo4.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/?powerpress_pinw=10-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo4.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"segundo4.mp3\">Download<\/a> (40.7MB)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Approximate Date: July 31, 2005 Authors: Amanda Filipacchi and Kevin Smokler Condition of Bat Segundo: In an unspecified condition of &#8220;pain.&#8221; More sober than usual, pining for scotch and merlot. 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