Hulyo 15, 2014

"You swear never to write another piece in Second Person."

"This time you mean it."
Ipinaskil ni Ann Althouse sa 11:42 AM
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11 komento:

madAsHell ayon kay ...

When did the NYT start copying thefrisky.com?

7/15/14, 12:02 PM
Sam L. ayon kay ...

Well, someone, but not the one typing this.

7/15/14, 12:45 PM
cold pizza ayon kay ...

Did you see what you did there? -CP

7/15/14, 1:04 PM
Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

The problem is not thee; it's thine?

7/15/14, 1:50 PM
SomeoneHasToSayIt ayon kay ...

Excellent.

7/15/14, 2:13 PM
Mike (MJB Wolf) ayon kay ...

Are you serious?

7/15/14, 2:49 PM
john ayon kay ...

“You think to yourself at the start of a really long book about a whale, hey, call me Ishmael.”

Dont' you think poking fun at Melville is way overdue? Wouldn't you think Billy Budd would be a better candidate?

7/15/14, 2:59 PM
Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

madAsHell:

When they look at their financials and are reminded how much people are willing to pay them for information, opinion, and reporting in the marketplace.

7/15/14, 3:45 PM
ark ayon kay ...

Italo Calvino wrote a wonderful novel called "If On A Winter's Night A Traveler," much of which is written in second person.

And in his case, it's exactly right, because he explicitly intends for you, the reader, to be a character in his novel.

7/15/14, 4:34 PM
gadfly ayon kay ...

You sound like Sam Cooke.

"You send me, hones' you do, hones' you do, hones' you do."

7/15/14, 5:44 PM
Mid-Life Lawyer ayon kay ...

And I said to myself, I said, "Self...."

7/16/14, 10:01 AM

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