Maybe Noel Coward Didn’t Mind Julie Andrews’ Overbite…
Wednesday, July 23rd by Shane
Can finally rest in peace
That’s right, folks. Coward’s infamous thrashing of Ms. Andrews teeth, possibly the most famous thing ever written in the English language, was a forgery. So was some random stuff written by Dorothy Parker and some other people and this was all thanks to Lee Israel, who not only has a dope name but also seems like a really cool person even though she’s a lying criminal. To make money she’d write fake letters from famous authors and sell then for, actually, not a ton of money. But still, with her tale hitting the shelves I’m all about reading it. I especially like how the letters were well written, and she only did authors instead of forging a bunch of actor crap. So yeah, go make this crook rich. I’m going to try.
This article is a nice palate cleanser with all the Hunter S. Thompson jerk-offs that have been going on lately. Not to say he doesn’t deserve to be praised, he most certainly does, but sooner or later you just get sick of hearing about the Gonzo and it’s nice to read about the sad, old man who offed himself.
That last one was from The Millions, and I found the next one thanks to Conversational Reading- Translating literary works is hard. Actually, knowing a second language is really difficult as is getting out of bed before noon, but some crazies out there do it. In this exercise you get to see exactly how hard it is and also feel like an idiot who is too stupid to do even ad libs. Try it.
What do you like better- Feist in a gym or Feist on Sesame Street?
And finally, Sarah Weinman talks about demystifying James Wood. She says that while she doesn’t necessarily need to know whether he’s a boxers or briefs type guy (I’m going with a brilliant amalgamation of the two) she would like to know a little bit about the man that doesn’t have to do with him being a dick about literature (yeah, yeah I know last time I trudged these waters I got royally dissed and then shamed, but I’m a glutton). I agree with Sarah that knowing little snippets of author’s lives does make them more human, but we start getting into Us Weekly territory pretty quickly after that, so I wouldn’t like to peek into the lives of people who spend the bulk of their time reacting to others’ work (yeah, yeah). And also, in response to why bestiality jokes aren’t funny, I seriously met a guy that once did a horse.
