Category Archives: Books Publishing and Writing

This Might Be the Worst Thing I’ve Ever Read

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Sometimes, you come across something so jaw-droppingly bad that the ridiculous awfulness must be shared. This is the first page of The Adventures of Lucky Pierre by Robert Coover: Me, if I continue any further. BTW, the author … Continue reading →

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More Evidence Montaigne Would Fit In Here

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: “Of all famous warriors, Montaigne most admired the Theban general Epaminondas, who was known for his ability to keep furor in check: once, in mid-battle and ‘terrible with blood and iron,’ Epaminondas found himself face to face with … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: “I leaf through now one book, now another, without order and without a plan, by disconnected fragments…If I encounter difficulties in reading, I do not gnaw my nails over them; I leave them there. I do nothing … Continue reading →

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Running out of pronouns

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Fenster

Fenster writes:

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Camille Paglia’s “Glittering Images”

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Camille Paglia — professor, provocateur, scourge of leftist academics and feminists — has a new book on visual art and was in town recently to lecture on it. I trekked over to the Skirball Cultural Center on the … Continue reading →

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The Last Bookstore

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: While in downtown L.A. this weekend, we checked out a hip new shop called, ominously and ironically, The Last Bookstore.

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Linkathon

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Thom Mayne needs to be stopped. Link tks to Fabrizio del Wrongo. It’s good to be a retired EU bureaucrat. Nothing if not a dynamo. Birth Tourism Yarn Du Jour. A beautiful nude of Lee Miller by Man … Continue reading →

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“Blood Meridian,” a Western for People Who Hate Westerns

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: This summer I read two wonderful novels, Hombre and Valdez is Coming, early Westerns written by the masterful Elmore Leonard. After finishing those books I decided it was time to tackle one of the Big Kahunas of the last … Continue reading →

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And Who Mourns Vaudeville?

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Brundle Guy

Brundle Guy writes: The times, they are a-changing, as the man once sang. They certainly are for the industry I work in, comic book publishing. It’s odd, in a time where comics have greater cultural cache than ever before, the … Continue reading →

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Non-Question Lady Questions

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: I just threw out about 2 years’ worth of magazines that I had been accumulating but neglecting like the national debt. Wired, Bon Appetit, The Atlantic, New York, bunch of stupid lawyer mags, local business magazines, L.A. Weekly, OC Weekly — Jesus, another … Continue reading →

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