The February issue of Playboy is now out, featuring an interview with political funny man Al Franken, a diary of out-of-control illness by Thom Jones (author of The Pugilist at Rest), and a short story by yours truly: a woman who is grieving over the death of her sister quits her job in PR to join the booming new Manual Medical Caregiver industry: “Really, it is not unlike any other job requiring manual dexterity.” Best of all, the cleavage on the Feb. cover is mild and 100% natural.
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leRoy & l’argent
So, yesterday I mentioned that LauRa AlbeRt (caps mine), writing as JT LeRoy, has enough publishing power that she could’ve moved up from the dumpy digs on Larkin by now. JT’s website, indeed, confirms that she’s published enough to have a little in the old bankaroo… JT’s work has also been published in literary journals such as The New York Times, Francis Ford Coppolla’s Zoetrope, McSweeney’s, and the Oxford American Music issue. A contributing editor to Black Book, I-D, Lemon, SOMA, and 7×7 magazines, he has also written reviews, articles and interviews for The New York Times, The London...
tunebuckle
My friend Mark P. McJunkin and his team at Product M (there’s a Brian Laser & a Brian Fraser, not to be confused with Brian Glazer) have designed a swanky new product for hotties who want to take their music wherever they go and keep their pants on. It’s the Tunebuckle, a leather belt (white or black) outfitted with a silver buckle that discreetly holds your ipod nano just below your tummy. I suppose it goes without saying that the prettier the navel, the sweeter the tunebuckle looks. Go here to pre-order yours for $49.95. Sidenote: Mark and I...
holiday recap & amazon blogs
Fa la la, the holidays were scrumptious because a) Kevin took Thursday and Friday off work, b) our friend Pio was in town and we got to see him in action, filming the Super Bowl commercial for Coke, c) we engaged in the Phelan family tradition of going out for pizza on Christmas Eve, then heading back to the Enderlins’ to watch Camille & Simone go at their presents (Santa always comes while we’re having pizza). Christmas Day involved Oscar banging around the house with his new stash of toys, all of which happen to be very, very noisy....
The international bestseller about one woman’s search for a missing child…
"Mesmerizing." ~Library Journal, starred review.
Stop dreaming, start writing!
