[narcissism, vanity, exhibitionism, ambition, vanity, vanity, vanity]

6.5.08

Boomer Lit!

Marysue Rucci, executive editor and vice president of Simon & Schuster, says that "the next step beyond chick lit and mommy lit may very well be boomer lit." More here.

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25.1.07

Still Not Over

Wikipedia has disabled editing by newbies on the entry Vietnam War.

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20.11.06

Repetition Compulsion

In the midst of Iraqmire, GWB goes to Vietnam, congratulates the country on its booming economy, and defends his "stay the course" strategy. Maybe it's just me, but I think our Prime Primate has just claimed victory in Vietnam. Because, you know, Vietnam was pretty disastrous, too, and look how wonderfully it all turned out thirty years down the line!

Mission Accomplished!

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24.10.06

Consolations

Working on two books, I'm a novelist by day and a historian by night. The projects have almost nothing to do with one another, except that first, I could not have returned to history except through the particular novel I have written, which began as a historical meditation on why it is currently impossible to do truly interesting and novel work in today's academe; and, second, the return to history as a mode of inquiry consoles the novelist in me because when I'm with the old books whose spines were last cracked a century ago, it reminds me that some things really are written not (or not only) for a contemporary audience, but for the ages.

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