The ‘Wonkette Part’ Of David Denby’s Book Really Just A Bunch Of Major, If Not Libelous, Errors
No one can get in the head of New Yorker writer David Denby, but to read this piece on Wonkette—one that eviscerates Denby’s criticism of blogs and exposes serious flaws in his own writing/research ability—is to understand perfectly the relationship between old-school and new-school writers.
I relegated every literature blog to the third tab on my Google homepage.
Why?
Because I almost never read their posts.
Why?
Because their headlines really stink.
I suppose it doesn’t surprise me that creative writers gloss over an essential part of getting people to actually read their work—namely, by choosing a good headline. I’ve written terribly uninformative headlines myself. But I almost never read lit blogs now simply because I have no idea what I might be reading. Continue reading
You know why this is the funniest video in the history of the world? . . .
Because I didn’t sleep last night.
The Internets are so much better when you’re out late with friends and come home convinced that you have to put together that new kitchen island at two in the morning or it’ll never get done.
Video via Wonkette, “Why Do Muskrats Hate America?”
