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  1. Anthony Powell on Friendship: http://ow.ly/hozN10:01 AM Jul 17th from HootSuite
  2. Anthony Powell on Time and Space: http://ow.ly/hozz5:01 PM Jul 16th from HootSuite
  3. Iconoclast: my favorite definition from Ambrose Bierce's *A Devil's Dictionary*: http://ow.ly/gvtH11:00 AM Jul 4th from HootSuite
  4. Hey @patrushin - thanks for the plug!7:14 AM Jun 25th from web
  5. I drove a D8 Cat recently (http://www.twitpic.com/6cvss). Here's the John McPhee passage that made me want to do it: http://ow.ly/afh71:36 PM May 31st from web
  6. Joan Acocella's pithy humor from a "The New Yorker" review in 2004 of two books on the Crusades: http://ow.ly/adMM10:40 AM May 31st from web
  7. Just reviewed Steven Polansky's 1994 story, "Leg," which was in the Best American Short Stories - http://ow.ly/9yof8:02 AM May 28th from HootSuite
  8. Mini-reviews of 4 recent New Yorker stories. Favorite? "Julia and Byron," by Craig Raine. http://ow.ly/8mMb12:04 PM May 21st from HootSuite
  9. Brief review of 3 recent New Yorker stories. Best is "Tiny Feast"- Oberon & Titania's changeling child contracts leukemia: http://ow.ly/74SP6:54 AM May 15th from HootSuite
  10. Gary Snyder's awesome poem, "Waiting for a Ride," fr. *New Yorker* 9/6/04: http://ow.ly/6HdG. (Final line should be new stanza.)11:40 AM May 13th from HootSuite
  11. Leslie Thomas' "Last Detective" and Napoleon's Unmentonable: http://ow.ly/6FV510:04 AM May 13th from HootSuite
  12. Robert B. Parker's detective on "aha" moments: http://ow.ly/6FUn10:03 AM May 13th from HootSuite
  13. Just posted on a *New Yorker* story from 2004 by a Japanese author I'd never heard of ... http://ow.ly/6FTU10:02 AM May 13th from HootSuite
  14. Check out wordcount.org - a cool tool that tells you the frequency with which words are used in English - http://ow.ly/19v51:48 PM Mar 19th from HootSuite
  15. "Fave: Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. Some find the baroque sentences daunting, but it's easy to follow & endlessly rewarding."-RL1:20 PM Mar 19th from HootSuite
  16. "Favorite novella? I'd say Flannery O'Connor's *Wise Blood,* though I recently really enjoyed Ian McEwan's *On Chesil Beach.* - LF1:07 PM Mar 18th from HootSuite
  17. Fave: "Edith Wharton’s Ethan Frome. With a style simple and stark, she creates a powerful portrayal of a bleak place and a tragic love."-DJ12:52 PM Mar 17th from HootSuite
  18. X-posting: Reviewing David Foster Wallace's novel excerpt and reviews of a new Cheever bio results in unlikely resonances: http://ow.ly/PPJ8:00 AM Mar 12th from HootSuite
  19. John Updike and John Cheever on the Dick Cavett show in 1981: full 30-minute show. I'd never seen either in person before: http://ow.ly/M3V5:41 AM Mar 10th from HootSuite
  20. "My favorite novel is Ken Kesey's *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest*. Little did I know I'd work for 26 years as a mental health worker."-AFB8:00 AM Mar 9th from HootSuite
  • Name thekingsenglish
  • Location Portland, Oregon
  • Web http://www.thekin...
  • Bio *The King's English* is an award-winning literary journal, specializing in novellas and long essays.
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