Since fetching up here in Vero, I've been making my way through a half-dozen New Yorkers that were forwarded while we were travelling in the West over Christmas
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I must be weird, then, because I have one of the "Fiction issues" from the New Yorker, and I love several of the stories in it. The one that springs immediately and recogniseably to mind is Sherman Alexie's "The Toughest Indian In the World."
I personally actually only read Playboy for the articles (and occasionally the illos by my friend Winston Smith). If Playboy published pictures of women that I found attractive, it wouldn't be Playboy anymore. :)
A new reader -- welcome !devifemmeJanuary 30 2011, 08:26:22 UTC
Hey, sorry for the delay in replying! I've got caught up in the Egypt situation, just as an interested bystander, but that and some other stuff means I haven't been on top of things here.
You're by no means weird regarding my New Yorker thing. I intended it as a comic take -- though I do find their fiction oddly flat most of the time. Tentatively, I date it back to John Updyke's passing or a bit earlier. I will dig up "Toughest Indian" and see if that gives me hope.
I've given up on Playboy altogether, but there was the old joke of reading it "for the fiction" -- and I was picking up on that. Back in the day, it was Penthouse that was my secret vice. A friend from back then joked that I came out as a lesbian because of their gorgeous lezzie photo-spreads!!
BTW is there a nickname you'd like to admit to? Your LJ "handle" is a tad cumbersome...
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I personally actually only read Playboy for the articles (and occasionally the illos by my friend Winston Smith). If Playboy published pictures of women that I found attractive, it wouldn't be Playboy anymore. :)
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You're by no means weird regarding my New Yorker thing. I intended it as a comic take -- though I do find their fiction oddly flat most of the time. Tentatively, I date it back to John Updyke's passing or a bit earlier. I will dig up "Toughest Indian" and see if that gives me hope.
I've given up on Playboy altogether, but there was the old joke of reading it "for the fiction" -- and I was picking up on that. Back in the day, it was Penthouse that was my secret vice. A friend from back then joked that I came out as a lesbian because of their gorgeous lezzie photo-spreads!!
BTW is there a nickname you'd like to admit to? Your LJ "handle" is a tad cumbersome...
Hugz,
Justine
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