mostly nonfiction and bakersfield news | November 12th, 2009
From The Mail Bag
Please enjoy this post by Michael Thomas Ford on RedRoom.com today. Why do gay men get the best fan mail? – Erika Rae, Irresponsible Editor
For some reason Mondays bring the most reader mail. I don’t know if it’s because people have more time over the weekend and decide that writing to me is preferable to [...]
On Writing, Words and Pity
Author Sunny Singh discusses realizing the true meaning of words at www.RedRoom.com. -Erika Rae, Irresponsible Editor
For the first time in my life, this past week I felt pity. It may sound strange as the word is so commonplace and yet it was profound experience.
As a writer, I am fascinated by the near impossible challenge of [...]
The Next Species
James Gaitis muses about the species after us on RedRoom.com. Enjoy! – Erika Rae, Irresponsible Editor
We were talking about the next species to come. The species after Homo sapiens. She said she hoped its defining characteristic would be a new sixth sense. And when I asked her what sense that might be she said, “A [...]
A Sober Pondering Of Exclamation !!!s
On RedRoom.com today, Chris Rodell has had it!!!
The exclamation point, punctuation’s whoopee cushion, is putting on a tuxedo! It’s appearing in all the classiest places!
And I don’t think I like it one bit!!!
The exclamation point and I have never been really what you’d call chums. I try and inject humor into everything I write. Hell, [...]
Autumn, With The Smell Of Book Banning In The Air
At RedRoom.com today: a powerful post by historical fiction, YA and children’s book author Laurie Halse Anderson in defense of two of her books threatened to be banned off the high school reading list. – Erika Rae, Irresponsible Editor
(Yes, I know this is a long post. With no pictures. It’s important. Please read through to [...]
Ban My Book! Please?
Sean Beaudoin is begging you to ban his book today at RedRoom.com. – Erika Rae, Irresponsible Editor
Please ban my book. Please?
Hey, I’m fine if you choose either one of them. Maybe Going Nowhere Faster because between flatulence jokes lies a hidden Marxist subtext plunging us all one step closer toward socialized medicine. Or maybe Fade [...]
One Down, A Bunch To Go
Humor columnist Ernie Witham checks “surfing” off his list at RedRoom.com. Enjoy! – Erika Rae, Irresponsible Editor
Check another life goal off the list because a few days ago for the first time ever… I surfed.
Okay, maybe I wasn’t as graceful as local Santa Barbara legend Shaun Tomson—or, for that matter, Shaun of the Dead—but to the [...]
Now That The Sun Has Gone Down
Sarah White writes about both her fears and her love of the night in this beautiful post on RedRoom.com. -Erika Rae, Irresponsible Editor
Night slides into the shadows and birds once boisterous and bickering—hush. The cars that rushed down side streets park and sit in the glow of streetlights. Night belongs to insects and things that [...]
Customer Service
Today at RedRoom.com, Arlene Goldbard just wants Comcast to get her Internet to work in this smart, humorous post on the lack of soul in the modern call center. – Erika Rae, Irresponsible Editor
After three months of accepting the boundless hospitality of lovely friends, I am moving into a new apartment, less than a mile [...]
Bad Novel Good Friend
At RedRoom.com today: Alexander Chee on what to say to your friend if you couldn’t stand the novel they wrote. Brace yourself! – Erika Rae, Irresponsible Editor
Over at Cary Tennis’ Salon advice column today, he handles one of the most important questions of our age: What do you say when you don’t like a friend’s novel?
And, I [...]
