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• Jonathan Littell Wins 2009 Bad Sex in Fiction Award — Read All the Shortlisted Passages Here

  
  One-Minute Book Reviews — Authority: 420
  Is it a coincidence that the winner of annual Bad Sex in Fiction Award is typically named in England at about the time Americans are thinking of turkeys? If so, the judges aren’t saying, but the Literary Review in the U.K. announced today that Jonathan Littell has taken top honors this year for a passage from ...
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• Everything that is wrong in journalism

  
  archy — Authority: 517
  In the lefty blogs that I read, there is a school of media criticism that refers to the Washington pundits as "the Village." The term is meant to convey the myopic, small town character of a society made up of a few thousand politicians, journalists, and "informed sources." reporters in the Village measure events ...
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• Does Sarah Palin Deserve a Delete Key Award for Bad Writing for ‘Going Rogue’?

  
  One-Minute Book Reviews — Authority: 420
  The Delete Key Awards have shown through finalists James McGreevey and Newt Gingrich that neither Democrats nor Republicans have a monopoly on bad writing. Should a politician make the 2010 shortlist due out in February? I haven’t read Going Rogue, but reviews suggest that it could be a candidate. Does Sarah ...
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• Philips Roth Makes 2009 Bad Sex Award Shortlist for ‘The Humbling’ – Jonathan Lethem’s ‘Chronic City’ Is Spared

  
  One-Minute Book Reviews — Authority: 420
  An aging actor converts a lesbian to heterosexuality in a finalist by the author of Portnoy’s Complaint An “eye-watering” scene that involves a green dildo won Philip Roth a spot on the shortlist for the 2009 Bad Sex in fiction award, given by Great Britain’s Literary Review . The prize is intended to ...
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• We read and sh*t: What Irks Me...

  
  The Evolution of the Cubicle Crusaders — Authority: 113
  I have read some great books and definitely some bad books.  Some I half expected to be bad, and some were huge let downs that made me extremely upset that I wasted the tine and/or money.  I realized in these bad books there was a common vein in them that lent to their lameness.  Heres a short list: Nonsensical ...
  2 weeks ago

• They came from Uranus

  
  archy — Authority: 517
  David Brooks deserves some kind of award for his use of a tired metaphor: But deep in the bowels of the G.O.P., there are serious people having quiet conversations. These are the people who are looking to save the Republican Party> Brooks doesnt make it clear whether these serious people will come exploding out ...
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• A story emerges

  
  fairyhedgehog — Authority: 125
  My story is emerging as a Diana Wynne-Jones/Isaac Asimov fan fiction mishmash. Im amazed I havent been approached by a major publisher yet but maybe I need to add a few ninjas first.
  2 weeks ago

• Writers on Writing

  
  How to write — Authority: 100
  Composition is, for the most part, an effort of slow diligence and steady perseverance, to which the mind is dragged by necessity or resolution, and from which the attention is every moment starting to more delightful amusements. - Samuel Johnson Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion ...
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• Math is not his strong suit

  
  archy — Authority: 517
  Jim DeMint has decided to revive an idea that was dumb when Gingrich made it part of his Contract with America fifteen years ago and which is still dumb today. The dumb seems to a bit infectious, as this Hill piece by Jordan Fabian shows. A Republican senator on Tuesday introduced a Constitutional amendment that ...
  3 weeks ago

• Somewhere, Noah Webster silently weeps

  
  archy — Authority: 517
  From Politico : "Few political observers or elected officials doubt that an energized GOP has a headwind at its back." Pointed out by TPM .
  3 weeks ago

• Why Does Anyone Listen To David Brooks? Women and Sex Scare Me edition

  
  The Inverse Square Blog — Authority: 457
  The punditocracy is, as we all know by know, frighteningly well populated by naked emperors.  David Brooks is not the most egregious — not for lack of trying, I admit — but given the competition, I’m not even sure if he makes the top ten. But he is exemplary, and his column of November 2 provides a great ...
  3 weeks ago

• Now you, too, can write like a Ph.D. candidate!

  
  Blog on the Run: Reloaded — Authority: 436
  Why you would want to is a whole ‘nother question, but Make Your Own Academic Sentence is the answer! (h/t: Chronicle of Higher Education ) Posted in Fun Tagged: babble, bad writing
  3 weeks ago

• Interesting links for November 5, 2009

  
  Booklorn — Authority: 113
  A few interesting links that have come my way: #1: How to Write Badly Well . Hilarious and spot on. #2: Wondering if what’s still safe to eat in your fridge? Check at Still Tasty . #3: In honour of NaNoWriMo : Things Novelists Do While Their Novel Remains Unwritten . Related Posts Interesting links for August ...
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• Festival of Bad Writing, Fall 2009 entries

  
  Rethorykal Questions — Authority: 112
  Please avoid opening sentences like these: “X is such an important part of society today” “In today’s society, x are popularly consumed” These sentences are born of desperation and cowardice, and we hates them forever.
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