Daily Archives: May 29, 2007

Alice Sebold walks over Hollywood in big, King-Kong-sized shoes

In the LA Times today, via mediabistro‘s newsfeed email: THIS is a tale of two scripts, one that sold for a ton of money, one that remains twisting in the wind. Both are beautifully written, but in Hollywood, while scripts … Continue reading

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Lucky Jim

From Lucky Jim, the novel by Kingsley Amis that has come up at least twice a month since I’ve moved to Amherst: They do not go to university to acquire culture , but to get a job, and when they … Continue reading

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