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Odds and Ends

Odds and Ends
The winning story of Boston Review's 15th annual fiction contest is online ; I think it's unpretentious and moving. Advance Reading Copies are the new cute dogs -- they do all the romantic luring for you. (They also make excellent -- and free...
by Sharon Steel | Jun 19, 2008 | with no comments

DFW on McCain

DFW on McCain
In 2000, David Foster Wallace wrote this piece for Rolling Stone, about his seven days traveling with the then-insurgent John McCain campaign. The story, published in full as part of DFW's 2005 Consider the Lobster , offers an incomprable look inside...
by Sharon Steel | Jun 05, 2008 | with no comments

Miles To Go Before I Sleep, Indeed

Miles To Go Before I Sleep, Indeed
William Grimes wrote in the New York Times last Friday about the 2006 book 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (Universe). He offers a realistic take on said list , pointing out its merits while acknowledging that any such catalog should be taken...
by Sharon Steel | May 27, 2008 | with no comments

The Dark Side of Manners: Lady Snark's Guide to Common Discourtesy

The Dark Side of Manners: Lady Snark's Guide to Common Discourtesy
© Rachel McPherson You know how sometimes, someone says something that makes your face hot and your hands ball into fists of fury and your face go into perma-scowl only to realize you have let them get away with it? We do! Oh, we do, we do, WE DO! We...
by Sharon Steel | Mar 12, 2008 | with no comments

Marisha Pessl: Fuck-Me Boots, Round Deux?

Marisha Pessl: Fuck-Me Boots, Round Deux?
It's deal day for Publisher's Lunch Weekly . Fresh out of the inbox: General/Other Marisha Pessl's NIGHT FILM, a psychological thriller about obsession, family loyalty and ambition set in raw contemporary Manhattan, moving to Kate Medina at...
by Sharon Steel | Feb 27, 2008 | with 3 comment(s)

Mortified: Love is a Battlefield tomorrow at the Paradise Lounge

Mortified: Love is a Battlefield tomorrow at the Paradise Lounge
In this week's fishwrap we chatted with Mortified creator David Nadelberg about social wallflowers, accidental art, and his new romance-themed anthology. It's 275 pages filled with brutally humiliating tales of love and lust and youth. We cannot...
by Sharon Steel | Feb 05, 2008 | with no comments

Fine Lines: It's Like Eating Your Favorite Book

Fine Lines: It's Like Eating Your Favorite Book
Okay, we feel badly for calling out Jezebel about the whole bitter thing -- it's not all the time! it's just about certain stuff! and we understand how they feel because excessive shallowness is annoying! -- but anyway, we are kissing their collective...
by Sharon Steel | Feb 01, 2008 | with 4 comment(s)

Pink Covers and Trick-Lit

Pink Covers and Trick-Lit
I just finished Diane Vadino's amazing debut, Smart Girls Like Me, last week. In preparation for the review I've been assigned to write, I Googled around and found her also-amazing and mouth-wateringly delicious fashion-and-shopping blog, Bunnyshop...
by Sharon Steel | Nov 05, 2007 | with no comments

Recommended Reading for: Lauren Conrad

Recommended Reading for: Lauren Conrad
Oh, Lauren. I rewatched the second half of Season 2 of The Hills on Sunday (thanks, Comcast On Demand!) in preparation for the Season 3 premiere on Aug 13. It was a delightful, delicious re-immersion experience, let me tell you. Until I noticed something...
by Sharon Steel | Aug 06, 2007 | with 3 comment(s)

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