August 14th, 2009 / 2:25 pm
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Brung this home for the GIANT last night.

themedal

Yeah.

Literary Death Match info.

22 Comments

  1. August 14th, 2009 / 6:33 pm Drew—

      I hope you bit into it to make sure it was real gold.

  2. August 14th, 2009 / 2:33 pm Drew—

      I hope you bit into it to make sure it was real gold.

  3. August 14th, 2009 / 6:45 pm Adam R—

      Congratulations!

  4. August 14th, 2009 / 2:45 pm Adam R—

      Congratulations!

  5. August 14th, 2009 / 7:12 pm jensen—

      congrats, matthew! you probably should have thrown a drink on a guy anyway, though.

  6. August 14th, 2009 / 3:12 pm jensen—

      congrats, matthew! you probably should have thrown a drink on a guy anyway, though.

  7. August 14th, 2009 / 7:16 pm Drew—

      If he were a worthy death match judge, he would’ve demanded satisfaction and challenged you to duel or a spelling contest right then and there. That coward.

  8. August 14th, 2009 / 3:16 pm Drew—

      If he were a worthy death match judge, he would’ve demanded satisfaction and challenged you to duel or a spelling contest right then and there. That coward.

  9. August 14th, 2009 / 7:22 pm Jimmy Chen—

      that was awesome, something really beautiful and honest about throwing beer at a hater

  10. August 14th, 2009 / 3:22 pm Jimmy Chen—

      that was awesome, something really beautiful and honest about throwing beer at a hater

  11. August 14th, 2009 / 7:32 pm Matthew Simmons—

      Oh, Howard Junker.

      So, I used to be a regular listener to a radio show called The Connection with Christopher Lydon. When At Home in the World came out, Joyce Maynard was on promoting the book.

      If you don’t know the At Home in the World backstory, a version of it is here. Maynard’s version here.

      But, yes. The Connection. They took some calls. A couple supportive. A couple not.

      And then this call came in. A guy. Simple name, I think, like Joe. They argued respectfully. He thought she was wrong to be airing this private affair publicly, especially because the affair was with a notoriously private man. She thought the man had taken advantage of her youth.

      I know I’m wrong about this. I know it’s silly. But I swear there was, in the way the two of them spoke, some sort of subtext. A familiarity.

      Like maybe it was actually Salinger and she knew it was Salinger and he knew that she knew and there they were discussing this publicly, but also involved in a private conversation.

      It wasn’t. I’m sure it wasn’t. At the time, though, it occurred to me that it could’ve been. But I like stories. Don’t trust me.

  12. August 14th, 2009 / 3:32 pm Matthew Simmons—

      Oh, Howard Junker.

      So, I used to be a regular listener to a radio show called The Connection with Christopher Lydon. When At Home in the World came out, Joyce Maynard was on promoting the book.

      If you don’t know the At Home in the World backstory, a version of it is here. Maynard’s version here.

      But, yes. The Connection. They took some calls. A couple supportive. A couple not.

      And then this call came in. A guy. Simple name, I think, like Joe. They argued respectfully. He thought she was wrong to be airing this private affair publicly, especially because the affair was with a notoriously private man. She thought the man had taken advantage of her youth.

      I know I’m wrong about this. I know it’s silly. But I swear there was, in the way the two of them spoke, some sort of subtext. A familiarity.

      Like maybe it was actually Salinger and she knew it was Salinger and he knew that she knew and there they were discussing this publicly, but also involved in a private conversation.

      It wasn’t. I’m sure it wasn’t. At the time, though, it occurred to me that it could’ve been. But I like stories. Don’t trust me.

  13. August 14th, 2009 / 8:07 pm Matthew Simmons—

      Hey Blake and Gene,

      Now that I am bringing in prestigious literary awards for HTML Giant, I think I would like to talk about getting a raise.

  14. August 14th, 2009 / 4:07 pm Matthew Simmons—

      Hey Blake and Gene,

      Now that I am bringing in prestigious literary awards for HTML Giant, I think I would like to talk about getting a raise.

  15. August 14th, 2009 / 4:17 pm Catherine Lacey—

      double his salary!

  16. August 14th, 2009 / 8:17 pm Catherine Lacey—

      double his salary!

  17. August 14th, 2009 / 8:51 pm Shya—
  18. August 14th, 2009 / 4:51 pm Shya—
  19. August 14th, 2009 / 7:28 pm Ken Baumann—

      I smell a spot bonus.

  20. August 15th, 2009 / 12:04 am mike young—

      all hail the simmons!! congrats, dude!!

  21. August 14th, 2009 / 8:04 pm mike young—

      all hail the simmons!! congrats, dude!!

  22. August 17th, 2009 / 4:14 pm Recent News and Calls - Reading Local Seattle—

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