For those of you who have seen the film Quiz Show more than 10 times, as I unfortunately or fortunately have, you might recognize the tagline for this post (which may be misquoted). For those of you who have seen it at least once, you know the plot: Charles Van Doren, a Columbia professor [...]
Archive for August, 2007
“You should see these people: it’s all Thurber, and Trilling, and…Bunny Wilson.”
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It’s been a long time…
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..and I think I should be going? For those who have been reading (and who like Boston), I think I will be posting some kind of minor treatise tomorrow before I take off for Costa Rica.
I’ve been absorbed by (re: forcing myself to read) Edmund Wilson’s classic book of literary criticism, Axel’s Castle. [...]
