April 2011
11 posts
Watchnypl:
If you missed it, here’s your chance to watch last week’s discussion with Salon.com co-founder Laura Miller and Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Egan about her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel A Visit from the Goon Squad at the Pulitzer Prize-loving New York Public Library. (We do get excited about the Pulitzer Prize!)
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jennifer egan @ nypl.
usually at readings i take copious notes to try and hold on to the feeling i get from hearing writers i admire talk about their craft. tonight i skipped the note taking and just enjoyed listening to jennifer egan speak about a visit from the goon squad and her creative process. i was blown away by how articulate she is—writers aren’t always the most verbal and socially functional...
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bossypants.
let’s start with the positives: the book is light and fun with anecdotes about SNL, 30 Rock, her family, and getting her start in improv. the writing is sharp and witty, replete with her trademark one-liners.
the bad news: it is not a meaty read. see above regarding “light and fun.” we already see that side of fey through her writing for TV and movies and i was hoping to learn...
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“we began our breast feeding journey in the hospital under the tutelage of an...”
– tina fey, bossypants.
i saw fran lebowitz at dinner tonight.
starstruck! she was rocking those tortoiseshell glasses and that unkempt hair like she invented hipster style.
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the immortal life of henrietta lacks.
i finished last night and my qualms about the lacks family accepting their portrayal in the book were laid to rest. by the time the book went to press most of the family came to terms with what happened and chose to focus on the positive things the cells did for science rather than the injustice of not getting the pay or recognition the family deserved. i also thought it was an extremely classy...
“Veruca Salt, Francie Nolan, Miss Havisham. That’s me in a nutshell, actually.”
– tina fey on her favorite fictional characters for vanity fair’s proust questionnaire.
vacation r&r&r (rest, relaxation and reading)
it has been a few years since i have taken a vacation that didn’t involve navigating foreign public transit, clumsily speaking french or catalan, and wandering in and out of cafes, shops, and museums until collapsing back at the hotel. spending last week in mexico was restorative, revolving mostly around lazing in the sun, pina coladas, and reading on the beach. i think i prefer madcap,...
