Category Archives: Books Publishing and Writing

Without Half Trying

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Getting out of a cab is one of the things most women don’t do right. But most women aren’t Velda. Without half trying she made a production out of it. When you saw her do it … Continue reading →

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The Sombre Sadness of Right Angles

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: The train reached Ogden at two o’clock, where it rested for six hours. Mr. Fogg and his party had time to pay a visit to Salt Lake City, connected with Ogden by a branch road; and … Continue reading →

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“The Last Artist in New York City”

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Despite all the bitching and carping we here at UR like to indulge in, we aren’t just a bunch of negativity-mongers. (Critics, patooie.) Many of us make our own creative contributions too. Try this, and this, and … Continue reading →

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Moi on Book Publishing

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Steve Sailer was kind enough to highlight a comment I made on his blog about the demographics of the American book publishing world from 1985ish to 2001ish, a stretch when I was professionally covering the field. (I … Continue reading →

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“Cultural Literacy for Religion”

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: I enjoyed Mark Berkson’s hyper-basic (one-half to four lectures per major religion) Great Courses series very much. My beefs with it first, but only because complaining is so much more fun and easy than praising. It wasn’t the anthropological lecture … Continue reading →

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Quote Du Jour

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: In Benson, Ruben Vega had to find the right church first, St. John the Apostle, then had to lie to the priest to get him to come from the priest house to the church to hear his confession. … Continue reading →

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Overlooked Oeuvres: Anita Loos

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Anita Loos, born in 1889 in California and died in 1981 in New York, was present for the birth of cinema as a scenarist for D.W. Griffith, wrote the movies that made Douglas Fairbanks a star, penned an … Continue reading →

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Weekend Read

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Our friend Lloyd’s final project before his death was an adaptation of a spec script he wrote during his Hollywood days that has just been published on Kindle: Las Vegas in the 1950s — a glamorous black chanteuse . … Continue reading →

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Quote Du Jour

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: A description of Wichita would be incomplete without a notice of the notorious dance house on the west side of the river, kept by that singular personage ROWDY JOE, or Joseph Lowe, his real name. Joe has been … Continue reading →

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Movie Clip Du Jour

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Related BARCELONA is one of my favorite movies from the ’90s. Fabrizio listed his favorite ’90s movies here.

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