All stories published by The Awl on October 02, 2009

All Stories published by The Awl on October 02, 2009

Oct 2, 2009

Frederick Seidel: “Women are Objects, Sexual and Otherwise”

The new Paris Review has a long interview with poet Frederick Seidel by FSG president Jonathan Galassi; a small excerpt is online. (This is a much better match-up than the hideous choice of Katie Roiphe to interview Gay Talese…

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Choire Sicha in The Awl

Oct 2, 2009

Finalists in the LRB’s Great Ongoing Personals Ads Competition

From time to time, we like to check in on the advanced mating competition that is the London Review of Books classified ads Personals section. Recently, the elaborate attempts to meet and dally have reached dizzying…

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Oct 2, 2009

Elements of Stale, with Luke Mazur: “How You Doin’?”

by Luke Mazur

I guess I knew about Wendy Williams in the same way that our culture makes little girls know they should wear princess dresses or little boys know they should play with trucks. The kind of knowing…

Choire Sicha in The Awl

Oct 2, 2009

Adventures In Sustainability

“A Little Pocket Utopia/Life’s A Mess is a project that underscores the obvious importance of relationships, love, society, and how closely woven these influences are to sustainable life. For the month of August I inhabited an ancient, newly solar-powered mobile home with a…

Choire Sicha in The Awl

Oct 2, 2009

Underemployment Now 17% and Six Million Jobs Disappeared Since Last Summer

A month ago, it was announced that 1 in 6 job-wanting, working age Americans are not working. Now it is closing in on 1 in 5. Who is surprised about this morning’s new unemployment numbers? If so, you…

Alex Balk in The Awl

Oct 2, 2009

Dog Bites Frenchman

Sad news: Sumo, the Maltese terrier belonging to former French president Jacques Chirac, has been sent away to a farm in northern France after he attacked his owner for the third time. Why is Sumo so angry? Apparently, it is because of the traumatic move from the French presidential palace.

Choire Sicha in The Awl

Oct 1, 2009

David Letterman Knows the Truth: A Funny Man Gets to Sleep with His Staff

Dave Bry in The Awl

Oct 2, 2009

The Twilight Zone Turns 50

Alex Balk in The Awl

Oct 2, 2009

Sub Ad Not So Super Super

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Oct 2, 2009

Krossword Korner, with Alex Pareene: A Bearload of Answers!

by Alex Pareene

The answers for this week’s crossword puzzle follow.

Choire Sicha in The Awl

Oct 2, 2009

Local Proposal Results In Acceptance

In case you were curious about commenter ContainsHotLiquid, who revealed the other evening that he was going to propose to his lady-friend with a silver deco ring with a sapphire on Wednesday: she said yes! And she loved the ring!

Alex Balk in The Awl

Oct 2, 2009

Olympics: Chicago Out Early

Ouch! Chicago has been eliminated in the first round of voting for the host city of the 2016 Olympics. Why does the world hate Barack Obama?

Alex Balk in The Awl

Oct 2, 2009

Pig Virus Will Cripple Your Ability To Watch Cat Videos

Here’s a frightening side effect to the SWINE FLU EPIDEMIC that we had not even considered: If everyone is home from work or school during the day, the Internet will collapse! A Department of Homeland Security report “recommends that…

Alex Balk in The Awl

Oct 2, 2009

Berlusconi Prostitute: Berlusconi Knew I Was A Prostitute

Patrizia D’Addario, the hooker at the center of the “Silvio Berlusconi fucks hookers” scandal, appeared last night on Italian state television to detail her side of the story. She said very little that hadn’t been said…

Alex Balk in The Awl

Oct 2, 2009

Britons Encouraged To Give Up Nation’s Favorite Activity

Alex Balk in The Awl

Oct 2, 2009

Sarah Palin’s Book Cover Revealed

Here it is, the cover to The Most Important Book Of Our Time. The flag pin is a nice touch. And the red pullover is a nice symbolic nod to her following in the red states. But what is she looking at?