March 10th, 2009 / 2:13 pm
Author Spotlight & Random

Poe sorry for his drinking. Butler, not.

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Here:

“Will you be so kind enough to put the best possible interpretation upon my behaviour while in N-York?,” Poe asks New York publishers J. and Henry G. Langley. “You must have conceived a queer idea of me — but the simple truth is that Wallace would insist upon the juleps, and I knew not what I was either doing or saying.”

Compare, contrast to this in the comments.

Best compare/contrast wins a prize. Or two. I have lots of galleys and am cleaning house. Prize packages tailored to the tastes of the winner.

UPDATE:

Apologies for vagueness. In the comments, write a short essay (Oh, even just a paragraph long) comparing and contrasting Poe’s apology for his drunken behavior in New York to the video of our fearless leader screeching drunkenly about smoothies when he visited New York a couple of years ago. The video is linked to the word “this” because I was unable to embed it.

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17 Comments

  1. pr

      Matthew, compare and contrast the poe article/ apology with what? Maybe there is supposed to be a link to something Butler wrote?

  2. Matthew Simmons

      There is a link. It’s to the word “this.” Subtle, but there.

  3. Matthew Simmons

      There is a link. It’s to the word “this.” Subtle, but there.

  4. Ken Baumann

      Poe is dead, and Butler soon.

  5. Ken Baumann

      Poe is dead, and Butler soon.

  6. daniel bailey

      i love that video. “did you just say oo ignit?”

  7. daniel bailey

      i love that video. “did you just say oo ignit?”

  8. pr

      Poe was hungry and wanted money for food, but Butler is well fed so he can do whatever the fuck he wants.

  9. pr

      Poe’s blackouts lasted for days, Butler’s last for hours. Big Dif.

  10. pr

      No one wanted to fuck Poe, but Blake has the ladies begging for his shlong.

  11. pr

      Poe was a desperate fuck, Blake is king of the universe.

  12. pr

      Once, I was reading Poe in bed, and I started to contrast in my mind, how he had to kiss ass to his publishers because the world sucked ass back then. Then I thought how wonderful the future is, because of people like Blake in the indie publishing world!! Now we can get shitfaced and barf all over our selves and it’s ok! And it made me feel all warm inside and I put the Poe down, went downstairs, and drank bourbn and watched adult swim until I blacked out and then I don’t remember how, but I managed to get to bed, because that is where I woke up. Thank you Blake!

  13. Matthew Simmons

      Ken was in an early lead, but pr seems to have overtaken him!

  14. Matthew Simmons

      Ken was in an early lead, but pr seems to have overtaken him!

  15. pr

      I think Ken’s is funnier than all of mine. But I haven’t given up. Yet.

  16. Matthew Simmons

      Oh, what the heck. Everybody wins! Ken, pr, and daniel. Write to me

      giantblinditems at g mail dot com

  17. Matthew Simmons

      Oh, what the heck. Everybody wins! Ken, pr, and daniel. Write to me

      giantblinditems at g mail dot com