April 2011
21 posts
Apr 27th
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Why Horror Movies Never Stab the Fags
NOTE: For the next three months, I will post a short blog post several times a week. Although I have enjoyed writing 800 word plus essays, I am currently finishing my manuscript of my first novel (gasp!) and a twenty-page essay about the novels of Andrew Holleran. These blog posts will include the continuation of my two blog series: The Americans and Things I Like. A few weeks ago, I saw Scream...
Apr 27th
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Link of the Day. →
Apr 20th
Apr 15th
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Let Them Eat Cake: I see the face of so-called... →
linivictoria: I see the face of so-called ambition. It ages pretty fast. What is the price to pay to be succesful as an artist? To appear dead in order to find life? I am not trying to look 40 in the next five years. Do I have to? Is it inevitable? One of my favorite professors just walked by. She graduated… Caroline, why do you think you have to give up life to make art? It’s a...
Apr 15th
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SIGHTINGS IN JFK
I am currently in JFK airport, waiting for my flight to board. Because my flight heads to Fort Laudy (local colloquialism for Fort Lauderdale), I am surrounded by an assortment of nut jobs. Here’s some of them: 1.)  After walking in circles for ten minutes, trying to find a row of seats for all her purses, a Miami Miss Havisham sits next to me. Her ankles are as thin as my thumb and are...
Apr 15th
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SO MUCH PRETTY FANS
You know in the book that April 14th is an important day, so please send these tweets out. Tweets for SO MUCH PRETTY on April 14: (138) “Before April 14th the words ‘I am Alice Piper’s mother’ meant very little to anyone but me.” #somuchpretty www.carahoffman.comPlease RT! (138) “This novel will leave you reeling” said @powells – 4/14 is a big day in SO MUCH...
Apr 14th
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Apr 13th
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Apr 13th
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Apr 11th
The Official Britney Spears Tumblr Debut
britneyspears: Spread the word, bitches…
Apr 9th
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Driving In The Car With Miranda July
This essay is the first from my new series,”Ten Things I Like That You Probably Like, Too.”  THING I LIKE #1 MIRANDA JULY (Why do I call her a “thing?” Because how else could I generalize ten various artists, tea flavors, and albums, which I love more than I love anything that fits into this blank: ______________?) In dress, tone, and genre, Miranda July seems like...
Apr 8th
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Apr 8th
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Tooting my own horn...
hilarysbooks: Yay Malaprops! My lovely friend Katie snapped this picture at the awesome Asheville, NC store Malaprops, which shows SO MUCH PRETTY front and center along with other wonderful books including Day of Honey, another one of my favorites. I was at McNally Jacksons the other night, and I saw So Much Pretty at the front of the store and got so excited, too. 
Apr 6th
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Update for my Tumblr Friends
So, after four votes I have decided to write my essays in this order: Miranda July Little Mermaid Earl Grey Tea Gay Novelists Also, you should all read A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD. I started it today, and it’s already mine blowing. It reminds me of Proust…if Proust was a pill popping NYU graduate who cares about her therapist. The author’s reading at the NYPL next week,...
Apr 6th
“I learned long ago that being Lewis Carroll was infinitely more exciting than...”
– Joyce Carol Oates (via libraryland)
Apr 5th
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Tumblr Folk I Need Your Help
Hey, guys! I’m starting a blog series about ten of my favorite things. Let me know which ones you’d like to read first: 1.) The Little Mermaid 2.) Courtney Love 3.) 20th Century Gay Novelists 4.) Personal Essayist 5.) Miranda July 6.) Earl Grey Tea 7.) The Hunchback of Notre Dame 8.) Fiona Apple 9.) Smashing Pumpkins 10.) Cosby Show
Apr 5th
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A Great Paper On the State of the American Worker →
Apr 5th
Apr 3rd
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mooserkaka asked: As disappointed as I was to read your post about The Strokes (I'm a huge fan), I was actually glad to see someone standing up for their own taste in music. Like, I'm not even offended. I honestly think it's great that someone is able to analyse and critique a band without being prejudiced. I mean, you gave them a chance and you didn't like them. Fair enough, but it's just....
Apr 2nd
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Ten Reasons I Hate The Strokes
1.) In look, sound, and lyrics The Strokes embody New York rock and roll, but they never wrote a great song like Telephone or Blondie.  2.) Stroke fans believe The Strokes are as big as U2, failing to realize they’re NYC’s biggest local band. In Miami or Cleveland they would play the same venues as Yellowcab.  3.) They have an incredible sound, but every song sounds the same. Ever...
Apr 1st