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  1. John Cheever centennial remembered through 'Mad Men' - USATODAY.com books.usatoday.com/bookbuzz/post/… via @USATODAYBooks about 5 hours ago via Tweet Button
  2. Did Mary McCarthy go to Yaddo, I wonder? If so I'd like to drink w/M. Mc., c. '39. MeOW--! RT @JustUndRSurface Who wld u drink with @ yaddo? about 10 hours ago via web in reply to JustUndRSurface
  3. WTF?? 'Pro-Choice' Americans At Record Low, Poll Finds - Yahoo! News news.yahoo.com/pro-choice-ame… via @YahooNews 6:22 PM May 23rd via Tweet Button
  4. I may buy the soundtrack and skip the movie. Or watch the movie with the sound turned off. RT @elliottholt @paperhaus @darinstrauss #Gatsby 9:51 AM May 23rd via web in reply to elliottholt
  5. Dude, the green light is so close you can hardly fail to grasp it! RT @elliottholt 3-D! So the green light really pops! 7:09 AM May 23rd via web in reply to elliottholt
  6. Bitchin' soundtrack! And in 3-D! First trailer of 'The Great Gatsby' with Dicaprio soc.li/QUm72wF 7:02 AM May 23rd via Tweet Button
  7. Worry about that Krishna dude who wrote the bad #StarTrek script ... RT @JustUndRSurface @ruhlman What do you guys think of #MadMen so far? 10:04 PM May 21st via web in reply to JustUndRSurface
  8. @92Y may post online, but waiting on permission issues. RT @JustUndRSurface Do you know if there is any video of the #Cheever event? 12:26 PM May 21st via web in reply to JustUndRSurface
  9. Perhaps the greatest American short story of postwar era; read it, then buy gorgeous LOA #Cheever box set: The Swimmer: bit.ly/Jh3ZP7 8:54 AM May 21st via Tweet Button
  10. #Cheever reads "The Swimmer" in his plummy voice, courtesy of @alexnazaryan and @NYDNBooks: nydailynews.com/blogs/pageview… 8:44 AM May 21st via web
  11. Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate #Cheever's 100th at 92 Y! All were great, and A. Gurganus was downright transcendent. Booyah. 8:41 AM May 21st via web
  12. 5 or so books by Jackie Collins, then the odd novel by Nabokov, Waugh, & F. Scott Fitz. RT @JustUndRSurface What's on your top 10 booklist? 8:12 PM May 16th via web in reply to JustUndRSurface
  13. @WCHamilton Well, vis a vis DFW's list, I'm more of a PATRIOT GAMES man for one thing ... 5:36 AM May 16th via web in reply to WCHamilton
  14. David Foster Wallace's 10 fave books: Tom Clancy's SUM OF ALL FEARS squeaks in at #10. toptenbooks.net/authors/David-… 9:22 PM May 15th via web
  15. Congrats to Allan on big move! RT @PublishersWkly: Gurganus Moves to Liveright & Co. To Publish Two New Works publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/bo… 8:33 AM May 15th via Tweet Button
  16. Jean Renoir’s Timely Lessons for Europe nytimes.com/2012/05/13/mov… 7:32 AM May 15th via Tweet Button
  17. Great piece by @alexnazaryan at @NYDNBooks re Cheever centennial at 92 St Y on 5/17; also Cheever-#Madmen connection. nydailynews.com/blogs/pageview… 9:06 AM May 14th via web
  18. A toast to John Cheever on his 100th birthday   soc.li/A6h4TVJ 5:36 AM May 13th via Tweet Button
  • Name Blake Bailey
  • Location Portsmouth, VA
  • Web http://blakebaile...
  • Bio Author of biographies of John Cheever and Richard Yates. New book from Knopf in Spring 2013, FARTHER & WILDER, about Charles (THE LOST WEEKEND) Jackson.
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