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  1. Delights of the British national anthem: http://ow.ly/hoA2 10:00 AM Jul 21st from HootSuite
  2. Anthony Powell on senior officers: http://ow.ly/hozV 10:01 AM Jul 20th from HootSuite
  3. Anthony Powell on Friendship: http://ow.ly/hozN 10:01 AM Jul 17th from HootSuite
  4. Anthony Powell on Time and Space: http://ow.ly/hozz 5:01 PM Jul 16th from HootSuite
  5. Iconoclast: my favorite definition from Ambrose Bierce's *A Devil's Dictionary*: http://ow.ly/gvtH 11:00 AM Jul 4th from HootSuite
  6. Hey @patrushin - thanks for the plug! 7:14 AM Jun 25th from web
  7. 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/afh7 1:36 PM May 31st from web
  8. Joan Acocella's pithy humor from a "The New Yorker" review in 2004 of two books on the Crusades: http://ow.ly/adMM 10:40 AM May 31st from web
  9. Just reviewed Steven Polansky's 1994 story, "Leg," which was in the Best American Short Stories - http://ow.ly/9yof 8:02 AM May 28th from HootSuite
  10. Mini-reviews of 4 recent New Yorker stories. Favorite? "Julia and Byron," by Craig Raine. http://ow.ly/8mMb 12:04 PM May 21st from HootSuite
  11. Brief review of 3 recent New Yorker stories. Best is "Tiny Feast"- Oberon & Titania's changeling child contracts leukemia: http://ow.ly/74SP 6:54 AM May 15th from HootSuite
  12. 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
  13. Leslie Thomas' "Last Detective" and Napoleon's Unmentonable: http://ow.ly/6FV5 10:04 AM May 13th from HootSuite
  14. Robert B. Parker's detective on "aha" moments: http://ow.ly/6FUn 10:03 AM May 13th from HootSuite
  15. Just posted on a *New Yorker* story from 2004 by a Japanese author I'd never heard of ... http://ow.ly/6FTU 10:02 AM May 13th from HootSuite
  16. Check out wordcount.org - a cool tool that tells you the frequency with which words are used in English - http://ow.ly/19v5 1:48 PM Mar 19th from HootSuite
  17. "Fave: Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. Some find the baroque sentences daunting, but it's easy to follow & endlessly rewarding."-RL 1:20 PM Mar 19th from HootSuite
  18. "Favorite novella? I'd say Flannery O'Connor's *Wise Blood,* though I recently really enjoyed Ian McEwan's *On Chesil Beach.* - LF 1:07 PM Mar 18th from HootSuite
  19. 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."-DJ 12:52 PM Mar 17th from HootSuite
  20. X-posting: Reviewing David Foster Wallace's novel excerpt and reviews of a new Cheever bio results in unlikely resonances: http://ow.ly/PPJ 8:00 AM Mar 12th 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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