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Check out this funny bio:
Paul Di Filippo began his career either
in 1977, when his first story appeared in Unearth magazine; or in 1982,
when he quit his job as a COBOL programmer to devote himself fulltime
to writing; or in 1985, when his second and third stories appeared in
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and The Twilight Zone
Magazine; or in 1995, when his first book, The Steampunk Trilogy,
debuted. Whichever date one chooses, 2006 will see the
publication of his twenty-fifth book, Top 10: Beyond the Farthest
Precinct, a milestone he is very proud of. He intends to retire
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Forgot the alphabet, — my language's Greek to me!
— Vladimir Vysotsky, "About a Mental Clinic" (translated by Andrey Kneller) |
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"All the thoughts are swirling about in a bowl of Cheerios,
spelling millions of one letter words with no punctuation to speak of ..."
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If "aphasia" is the inability to express speech, what is the inability to remember the alphabet? " Alphasia?" Or perhaps "AphaZia?" This is my favorite description of losing one's alphabet:
Johnny spun to face a bookcase of art
criticism and wondered desperately if K came before or after N.
The alphabet, a pillar, a solace and a certainty since kindergarten,
had suddenly deserted him. He stood, bewildered and staring, as
if he’d suffered a crisis of faith. Does the alphabet
exist? If the alphabet exists, why is there so much suffering in
the world? The alphabet is dead.
—Cathleen Schine, The Love Letter
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Eliminating Bookshelf Clutter by Double-Booking Great Works of Literature
Call for Submissions: Chronogram Seeks Humor Writing
The theme: Help eliminate bookshelf clutter by double-booking great
works of literature. Please provide a title and one-line concept pitch
for a literary twofer, e.g.:
Huckleberry Finnegans Wake. A plucky lad and a runaway slave fall asleep
on a raft in the stream of consciousness.
Inherit the Wind in the Willows. A mole, a rat, and a toad are brought
to trial by weasels for daring to believe in evolution.
Moby-Dick-and-Jane. "Look, Ishmael! See Dick breach. Breach, Dick, breach!"
Deadline September 15. Chronogram, an arts and culture magazine
serving the Hudson River Valley, seeks entries for its "Joined at the
Hip" humor contest. Winners receive a T-shirt. Send 1-3 entries to
fiction@chronogram.com, or by mail to 314 Wall Street, Kingston NY
12401.
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Split Personalities:
All animals are famous for 15 minutes,
but some are more famous than others.
—George Warhol, author of Animal Farm
and leader of pop art movement.
so much depends
upon
a course in
miracles
—William Carlos Williamson, author of
"The Red Wheelbarrow" and A Return to Love.
God gave a loaf to Mr. Scrooge,
But just a crumb to me.
—Emily Dickens, author of "Because I Could not
Stop for Death" and A Christmas Carol.
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