Fiction
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Writers Laughing: George Orwell
Okay, the degree of difficulty is off the charts for this one. This is a man who agonized over politics and the English language. Who loved England and democracy but spent his life fighting against oppression and tyranny and the dangers of lazy thinking. Laughing? George Orwell was shot in the throat while fighting in the… Continue reading
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Today’s Comment of the Week: The Paralegal Checks In
Wonderful Reader K.C. writes: The Promotion is definitely my next read. My “day” job is as a paralegal and the description is genius. Can’t wait to read. Oh boy! A paralegal! Reading about “when big law meets big trouble…” This should be interesting… It kind of reminds me of that time I walked into the… Continue reading
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This Is It! The Top Post of the Year!
This is it! We’ve come to the end of the Blogiversary Extravaganza, in which I’ve counted down the top posts of the year. Object, object, object, object. Ho-hum. I even had to throw in a few honorable mentions just to keep things interesting. (Hello, Soho Press, John Lennon’s Writing Wisdom, and the irrepressible Charlotte Brontë, dumping… Continue reading
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Writers Laughing: Norman Mailer and Truman Capote
Another curious one. Knowing these two, my guess is that they despised each other 99.99 percent of the time. But in that other .01 percent … …big laughs for everyone! Image credit: Popaganda.gr Continue reading
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Best Posts of the Year: The Honorable Mentions
Blogiversary Week is about to conclude with the top post of the year. (In case you missed it, the worst posts of the year have already been spotlighted. Check out The Case for Something I Don’t Care About, “Pen Reviews”, The Skirt-Chasing Poobah, Haiku Nothingness, and Company Does Not Love Misery. Or don’t!) I’ve hinted that the top post… Continue reading
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Writers Laughing: Sherman Alexie
So excellent… Image Credit: Rob Casey via Blue Mesa Review Continue reading
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Writers Laughing: Lorrie Moore
Lorrie Moore laughing? I doubt it! She makes other people laugh, with her caustic observations and acid puns. I doubt you’d ever see much more from her than a bitter half-smile, a knowing eyebrow lift, maybe an amused and slightly sinister glint in her eyes… Oh no. Oh no no no no no. What are you… Continue reading
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Review of The Race: “Absolutely Fascinating”
People! It’s another great day here at the Jacke Blog. We’ve had a few of those lately – I have truly been fortunate to receive such positive reviews and feedback. I’m simply overwhelmed by it all. Thank you, readers! All right. Enough, enough. The good news for those of you who enjoy the more miserable Jacke,… Continue reading
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Writers Laughing: Henry Miller
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Back to the Best! Most Popular Post of the Year #2
Okay, enough of the march (slide? plummet?) to the worst posts of the year… let’s get back to our climb to the top. So far the entries making the top five in the most popular posts have all been taken from the Objects series (the Coffepot, the Monopoly Game Piece, and the Keyboard). The suspense, if there has… Continue reading
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