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The Martin Amis Experience

2007-12-26T23:21:22Z

Experience: A Memoir; Martin Amis In which Martin Amis lives in a whirlwind of literary glitterari and fixates on his father, his teeth and little else. Martin Amis inhabits an entirely different, bizarro universe. Instead of being hemmed away ...

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Slouching Towards Bethlehem; Didion

2007-08-31T04:54:11Z

Slouching Towards Bethlehem; Joan Didion Joan Didion wades though counterculture, kitsch, California, and the far reaches of the United States in a collection of essays. By day, she is just another white-lipped, red-eyed, fragile poet, teetering...

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Frank McCourt's Greatest Hits

2007-05-27T04:48:58Z

The library's copy of Angela's Ashes is dog-eared beyond repair. That's how I roll. (PS: This man has never met a conjunction he didn't like.) When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I survived at all. It was, of course, a miserable childho...

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THE BLOOD OF STRANGERS; Huyler

2007-05-25T03:51:27Z

THE BLOOD OF STRANGERS; Frank Huyler, MD Despite his fancy doctorate degree, Huyler still writes like a seventeen year old lit-major who owns an acoustic guitar and knows like 8 chords, man. Still! His stories, thanks to his gory and lurid occup...

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ANGELA'S ASHES; McCourt

2007-05-25T03:31:48Z

ANGELA'S ASHES; Frank McCourt Frank McCourt lives in Limerick, Ireland, dire poverty, and to tell the tale. His story is beautifully written, and you fat American's with your nine course meals and NAAFA will never be able to match his accomplish...

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Grab Bag (2AM)

2007-03-28T06:51:36Z

THE WHITEBOY MUSIC PROJECT Bitches Ain't Shit DEF: (1) Dr. Dre's anthem to the ladies. At times incomprehensible, but always dirty, and always ready to shove a dick down any indignant bitch's craw. (2) Ben Folds white bread, archly ironic, archl...

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COURTESY OF PRICEY UNIVERSITY EDUTAINMENT

2007-02-12T10:27:46Z

Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989) STARRING Andie MacDowell's bloated FUPA and invading gums. In which Steven Soderbergh confuses long shots, eye-roll-inducing stilted dialogue, hilariously acrobatic and unappealing sex-scenes (featuring, no kidding...

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RUNNING WITH SCISSORS; Burroughs

2007-01-20T20:01:08Z

A WARNING: I SPENT THE LAST 200 PAGES OF THIS BOOK CHANTING "KILL YOURSELF, KILL YOURSELF, KILL YOURSELF" TO A BOY WHO HAD BEEN RAPED BY A 30 YEAR OLD PEDOPHILE. SO. YOU KNOW WHERE I STAND IN TERMS OF OVERWHELMING SYMPATHY, ETC. RUNNING WITH SCI...

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DRESS YOUR FAMILY IN CORDUROY AND DENIM; Sedaris

2006-12-25T14:01:36Z

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim; David Sedaris In which David Sedaris waxes lyrical about his family, friends, and existential angst, all while keeping a snappy postmodern tone. Also known as: David Sedaris writes the college essays of y...

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