This photo accompanied this Post item which began, “DEREK Jeter’s going out of his way to avoid his ex-girlfriend.”
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Most Anticlimactic Pair of Sentences Seen This Week
Craig’s List: “Do you enjoy writing, sex, and writing about sex? FuckFish.com is currently looking for its News Editor.”
Never Mind the Bullocks
Lord Bullock, author of the first definitive history on Hitler, has died. Bullock was also responsible for St. Catherine’s, an all-male society that raised substantial cash and that operated under the illusion that women were incapable of math and science proficiency. Bullock, who was the inspiration for the British term for the naughty bits and the later Sex Pistols song, is mourned by Bulwer-Lytton fans, Brie-sniffing octogenarians, and anyone who laments that John Major is no longer Prime Minister.
And Elsewhere
Rory writes about the Germaine Greer controversy, and then has the courtesy to relay the internal politics in personal terms for us non-Australians (and non-expats).
Michael Moore, Average Joe? I don’t think so. Not when you’re sitting on royalty receipts and grosses receipts from a bestseller and an Oscar-winning, commercially successful documentary. (via Sarah)
Hypergraphia — this condition reminds me of that Sandman story. (via Maud)
Would You Like Syrup With Your Waffling, Mr. Keller?
Bill Keller now states that the NYTBR “is not written for the publishing industry.” However, the bigger revelation is that Ben Schwarz is on record saying that literary fiction “doesn’t play the same role in the lives of intelligent, informed Americans as it did 50 years ago.”
Since Mr. Schwarz did not follow this statement up with any particular enthusiasm for literary fiction and since he underestimates the power of book freaks (and, also, since he hopes echoing Mr. Keller’s words will get him the job), we here at Return of the Reluctant withdraw our endorsement for Benjamin Schwarz and move to Sarah Crichton’s camp.
We urge all readers to vote hope for Ms. Crichton to take over the Book Review, which is in really silly shape at the moment.
