tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post1357012559695901209..comments2024-02-16T11:41:37.696-05:00Comments on Todd Seavey: Whores, St. Patrick's, Brown, Feces, and the Watchmen Squid (plus: Rorschach for New York Times columnist!)Todd Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589187886030112999noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-38898357809338109002009-03-18T00:03:00.000-04:002009-03-18T00:03:00.000-04:00At the same time, if you’re going to lie about you...At the same time, if you’re going to lie about your life, you might as well throw in something about being raised by wolves.Christophernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-32269949744007190792009-03-17T19:35:00.000-04:002009-03-17T19:35:00.000-04:00Well, at least she didn’t claim to have survived t...Well, at least she didn’t claim to have survived the Nazis by befriending and being raised by a pack of wolves, as one memoirist did. <br><br>(And congratulations ta yer own ancestors — and some o’ mine, I believe — fer survivin’ the potater famine. More on death in tomorra’s entry, after survivin’ t’night.)Todd Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589187886030112999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-30973316114699180102009-03-17T18:28:00.000-04:002009-03-17T18:28:00.000-04:00I’m actually a pretty big fan of the genre, but it...I’m actually a pretty big fan of the genre, but it seems to me that a tipping point has been reached. I recall reading the dust jacket to an autobiography written by someone who was the daughter-or granddaughter, I forget which-of a Holocaust survivor. <br><br>Now, any survivor of the Holocaust, particularly one who has a transcendent message, e.g. Jack Ratz and his book “Endless Miracles,” is entitled to publish a memoir, but are the life stories of the offspring of survivors so compelling that they themselves merit a book contract?<br><br>I’m not so sure.Gerardhttp://indolentmick.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-15149365285025356402009-03-17T18:27:00.000-04:002009-03-17T18:27:00.000-04:00Here’s a realistic-sounding one to use as a gauge:...Here’s a realistic-sounding one to use as a gauge: <br><br><a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/columnists/i_got_to_find_a_new_place_to?utm_source=b-section" rel="nofollow">http://www.theonion.com/content/columnists/i_got_to_find_a_new_place_to?utm_source=b-section</a>Todd Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589187886030112999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-4299876969827963392009-03-17T18:13:00.000-04:002009-03-17T18:13:00.000-04:00As long as you ignore the fabricated ones, there r...As long as you ignore the fabricated ones, there really aren’t that many.Todd Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589187886030112999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-28151052817071675862009-03-17T18:02:00.000-04:002009-03-17T18:02:00.000-04:00“…she worries that madams doing this to get book c...“…she worries that madams doing this to get book contracts may be evidence of the over-marketization of the world of prostitution.”<br><br>I view it more through the prism of the dangerous proliferation of memoirs.Gerardhttp://indolentmick.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-72288559447437111762009-03-17T13:53:00.000-04:002009-03-17T13:53:00.000-04:00They could have hired John Derbyshire. That would...They could have hired John Derbyshire. That would have been about the same.Sean Doughertynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-88891567934007799112009-03-17T11:12:00.000-04:002009-03-17T11:12:00.000-04:00Speaking of fraternity decadence and smalltown mor...Speaking of fraternity decadence and smalltown morals, here’s a fun story about goin’ to a party at the county jail: <br><br><a href="http://my.earthlink.net/article/nat?guid=20090316/49bddcd0_3421_1334520090316-953771934" rel="nofollow">http://my.earthlink.net/article/nat?guid=20090316/49bddcd0_3421_1334520090316-953771934</a>Todd Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589187886030112999noreply@blogger.com