Fiction As a Crutch to Get One Through Life

by Paul Johnson in The Spectator I gave up writing novels in my mid-twenties, when I was halfway through my third, convinced I had not enough talent for fiction. Sometimes I wish I had persisted. There is one particular reason. The point is made neatly by W. Somerset...

Book Nerd Ts Now Available

Check out this nice little literary blog from NYC (and buy one of her shirts)… Book Nerd Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States I work at an independent bookstore in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood. Someday I will have a bookstore of my own in...

Assistant principal linked to sex poems

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, Feb. 20 (UPI) — The assistant principal of a school in Springfield, Ohio, is being investigated for allegedly writing and selling erotic poetry online, officials said. South High School Assistant Principal Karl Perkins, 33, was placed on...

Down Holler Pick-up Lines

1. Did you fart? Cuz you just blew me away. 2. [ censored for the sake of propriety ] 3. My Love fer you is like diarrhea, I can’t hold it in. 4. Do you have a library card? Cuz I’d like to check you out. 5. Is there a mirror in yer pants? Cuz I can see...