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May 10, 2008
“The Point Is that God Can Get You Free Bread,” or Things I’ve Read on McSweeney’s Internet Tendency Lately that Made Me Laugh a Lot
“The Magic 8 Ball Amended by My Mother for My Middle-School Years” by Kate Hahn
Sara pointed this one out to me yesterday. It’s one of those things I read and instantly wished I had written myself.
“First Drafts of the Parables of Jesus” by A.J. Packman
I’ve been reading these aloud to people since I first saw them a couple weeks ago.
“The Cather in the Retirement Home” by Teddy Wayne
You know I love The Catcher in the Rye. This also kind of reminded me of Bubba Ho-Tep.
In between other things, I’ve been reading the 2007 Best American Travel Writing anthology (edited with unusual variety by Susan Orlean this year), and I believe I should also link to one of the essays I read there, “The Lonely Planet Guide to My Apartment” by Jonathan Stern. It reads like a McSweeney’s essay, but it’s really from The New Yorker.
Question: If you were stranded on a desert island, which would you prefer to be stuck with: a pile of McSweeney’s or a pile of New Yorkers?
Tough call there. Also a little hint that I’ve started watching Lost again.
Posted by adrienne at May 10, 2008 10:16 PM
Comments
Oh all that good reading. I'll have to find time later.
Thanks for the links.
Posted by: jules at May 15, 2008 09:56 AM
I am in one of those phases where I'm feeling all stressed out because I don't have enough time to read. Logically, I know that shouldn't stress me out, but it does anyway.
Posted by: adrienne at May 15, 2008 12:47 PM