As I settled down in the front row for the Meg Wolitzer/Ursula Hegi reading, I had mixed emotions about what to expect. I had read and enjoyed Meg’s The Wife, but had never heard of Ursula’s work. With the way readings had been going, one never knew if it would be a hit or a [...]
Archive for September, 2007
Reading Review #7: Meg Wolitzer & Ursula Hegi
Posted in Uncategorized on September 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Antrim On Family Dinner
Posted in The New Yorker, donald antrim on September 19, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Donald Antrim’s piece “A Man in the Kitchen” appeared in the September 3rd, 2007 issue of The New Yorker. Here’s a snippet:
When I was a boy, it was said in my family that my mother, an otherwise respectable cook, had prepared for my father, during the first days of their marriage, a very bad dish. [...]
Tuesday with St. George
Posted in Tuesdays With St. George, columns, scatological on September 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Just when you thought it was safe to eat out, St. George reminds us that people who carry food for a living hate us all with a passion:
RESTAURANT EMPLOYEE’S FANTASY
Before returning to work,
I’ll be sure to wash my hands
In the toilet, rinse them
in the urinal, and dry them
With paper towels
from the waste basket.
Originally from Jersey [...]
The Bestselling Virgins are Restless!
Posted in Abigail Drachman-Jones, Exciting News, Press clipping, Restless Virgins on September 11, 2007 | 4 Comments »
The newly released Restless Virgins: Love, Sex, and Survival at a New England Prep School, by Abigail Jones and Marissa Miley hit No. 1 on the Boston Globe’s bestseller list this week. For those of you keeping score at home, that means Virgins has sold more copies this week than The Secret. Yes, miracles do [...]
Reading Review: #6, Joyce Carol Oates
Posted in Joyce Carol Oates, Ranking the Readings, Reading Reviews, Roger Rosenblatt on September 7, 2007 | 19 Comments »
Each week we will be ranking, from worst to first, the guest readings at the conference. It’s important to say that these are simply rankings of the reading performances themselves, and in no way try to cast judgment on each author’s body of work. Each reader is an exceptional author, and we of course greatly [...]
Well Look at That: Some Photos.
Posted in Photos on September 6, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Usually, the game plan is to show photos on Fridays, but as a thanks for those who’ve sent some in — namely Lauren Tamraz and Kathleen Ryan — we’re going to post some a few days early.
Kathleen was wise enough to not only grab a nice group shot of the playwrights following their cooperative tour [...]
