Archive for November, 2009

Geek Love author fends off thief

“Getting a tetanus shot, it made me feel young again.” Geek Love author Katherine Dunn, 64, uses her kickboxing skills to fight off a purse snatcher. (Via.)

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Inside Louis Armstrong’s days

For his Louis Armstrong bio, Pops, Terry Teachout had access to 600+ hours of recordings — music, “dinner parties, getting high in the dressing room…”

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Mavis Gallant, interviewed

“To those students who showed any promise she would give copies of Nabokov, or EM Forster… Otherwise, she would give them Raymond Carver.” (Via.)

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