March 26th, 2009 / 4:54 pm
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Sana Krasikov wins Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature

Okay. In a totally non-sequitur comment on the post below this one (which is about Mathias Svalina’s iPod) some person identified only as ‘j’ (no link to website or email add’y) had a little freakout, the point of which seemed to be the sentence that is the title of this post. I couldn’t figure out whether ‘j’ was happy or sad that Krasikov just won the Rohr Prize, which carries a purse of $100,000–pretty sweet stuff for a book of short stories (One More Year, Random House)–and I also don’t know Krasikov’s work, so I am in a singularly uninformed position on basically all aspects of this story. But it seems to qualify as “literary news,” so what the hell? here’s a link to the Jerusalem Post, who has the full story, which really isn’t much more than what I’ve already said. Thanks to ‘j’ for the tip.

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15 Comments

  1. March 26th, 2009 / 9:01 pm Adam Robinson—

      I think “j” thinks the winner is sexy and didn’t want to get up from his desk because he was (already) erect.

      I think j is funny.

  2. March 26th, 2009 / 5:01 pm Adam Robinson—

      I think “j” thinks the winner is sexy and didn’t want to get up from his desk because he was (already) erect.

      I think j is funny.

  3. March 26th, 2009 / 9:09 pm Justin Taylor—

      That’s a smart reading, Adam. See, I don’t work in an office, so I didn’t get that joke.

  4. March 26th, 2009 / 5:09 pm Justin Taylor—

      That’s a smart reading, Adam. See, I don’t work in an office, so I didn’t get that joke.

  5. March 26th, 2009 / 9:14 pm jereme—

      it’s a boner joke

  6. March 26th, 2009 / 5:14 pm jereme—

      it’s a boner joke

  7. March 26th, 2009 / 9:22 pm Jimmy Chen—

      i think j may be jason jordon. same j gave me crap on my gaddis post

  8. March 26th, 2009 / 5:22 pm Jimmy Chen—

      i think j may be jason jordon. same j gave me crap on my gaddis post

  9. March 26th, 2009 / 10:15 pm Janey Smith—

      I like boners.

  10. March 26th, 2009 / 6:15 pm Janey Smith—

      I like boners.

  11. March 26th, 2009 / 10:26 pm Matthew Simmons—

      It makes me really happy that “j” was desperate to mention to someone—anyone—that this writer had won a prize, and chose htmlgiant as the place to comment about it. I’m hoping more people stuck in offices or in cubicles choose to share literary news that makes them—well, like you said, Justin, sad or happy—news that makes them feel some strong emotion here when they feel like no one else would understand.

      We understand you, j.

  12. March 26th, 2009 / 6:26 pm Matthew Simmons—

      It makes me really happy that “j” was desperate to mention to someone—anyone—that this writer had won a prize, and chose htmlgiant as the place to comment about it. I’m hoping more people stuck in offices or in cubicles choose to share literary news that makes them—well, like you said, Justin, sad or happy—news that makes them feel some strong emotion here when they feel like no one else would understand.

      We understand you, j.

  13. March 26th, 2009 / 10:27 pm jereme—

      you are in luck janey because boners probably like you too.

  14. March 26th, 2009 / 6:27 pm jereme—

      you are in luck janey because boners probably like you too.

  15. March 27th, 2009 / 6:50 pm pr—

      She’s a really good short story writer. I am very happy for her.