Archive for December, 2007

book review: american genius, a comedy
December 19, 2007

Book review of American Genius, A Comedy, a novel by Lynne Tillman (Soft Skull Press).

American Genius, A Comedy
By Lynne TillmanSoft Skull Press 

 

With American Genius, A Comedy, author Lynne Tillman delivers a fat slice of contemporary experimental fiction wrapped tightly in the twine of metaphysical angst. Like cult favorite Nicholson Baker’s The Mezzanine, the narrative is a study [...]

feature in philadelphia weekly: the tipping point
December 18, 2007

Link it up and start again. A little Malcolm Gladwell joke for you intellchewals! A piece on the ways that some restaurant regulars suck for the Philadelphia Weekly’s Food Issue,12/6/07.Tipping Point When regulars become nightmares.By Tara Murtha
Working in a restaurant is kind of like Waiting for Godot.
Except in the restaurant version, after hours of polishing, stocking and brewing, Godot [...]