“Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick died in New York yesterday, at the age of fifty-nine, following a long battle with breast cancer. The literary critic, who taught most recently at the CUNY Graduate Center, is best known for her formative work in the field of queer theory (in the books ‘Between Men’ and ‘Epistemology of the Closet’), including [...]
Archive for April 13th, 2009
R.I.P. – Eve Sedgwick (1950-2009)
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R.I.P. – Mark “The Bird” Fidrych (1954-2009)
Posted in Baseball, Obituaries, Popular Culture, Sports on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Mark Fidrych, an eccentric All-Star pitcher nicknamed ‘The Bird’ whose career was shortened by injuries, was found dead Monday in an apparent accident at his farm. He was 54. . . . “The curly-haired right-hander was the American League Rookie of the Year in 1976 when he went 19-9 with a 2.34 ERA and 24 complete [...]
“Look at the Birdie”: New Kurt Vonnegut Short Story Collection to be Published in Fall
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“Kurt Vonnegut’s longtime publisher, Delacorte Press, has announced it will issue 14 never-before published short stories by the author, who died in 2007, in a new collection, Look at the Birdie, slated for publication in November 2009. . . . “Look at the Birdie will include original Vonnegut illustrations and a foreword by Sidney Offit, a longtime [...]
Senseless Censors: Amazon.com De-Ranks “Adult” Books (Including National Book Award Winners)
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“‘American Psycho’ is Bret Easton Ellis’ story of a sadistic murderer. ‘Unfriendly Fire’ is a well-reviewed empirical analysis of military policy. But it’s ‘Unfriendly Fire’ that does not have a sales rank — which means it would not show up in Amazon’s bestseller lists, even if it sold more copies than the ‘Twilight’ series. In [...]
