December 2010
15 posts
“Among his many accomplishments, Portis is the author of the most perfect chapter...”
– Can’t wait to see the Coen brothers’ adaptation of True Grit.
Into winter
carpentrix:
Zeus rumbles and a mammoth winter of snow pours from the sky; agile rivers are ice.
Damn the winter cold! Pile up on the burning logs and water the great flagons of red wine; place feather pillows by your head, and drink.
Let us not brood about hard times. Dionysos, our solace is in you and your red wines: our medicine of grape. Drink deeply, drink.
-Alkaios, Greek lyric poet of...
Gender and the Use of Exclamation Points in... →
lau-fi:
Abstract
Past research has reported that females use exclamation points more frequently than do males. Such research often characterizes exclamation points as “markers of excitability,” a term that suggests instability and emotional randomness, yet it has not necessarily examined the contexts in which exclamation points appeared for evidence of “excitability.” The present study uses...
last chance to order C&C online! →
your time to order the book through comingandcrying.com will soon be over.
As of RIGHT NOW, we have exactly 38 36 33 books left in our online store.
If you miss out on these, come to our reading at McNally Jackson on December 9th, where they’ll have a few on hand.
I wanted to order this in the summer, but was in Greece, and then never got around to it when I returned to Montreal. This...