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...wouldn't stop at the President:/ she'd take the Pentagon by storm/ in halter dress and rhinestone extras," Garrison writes in "An Idle Thought." (It could be retitled "Oh, How I Would Have Put You to Shame, Monica Lewinsky.") Garrison's efforts won her a book blurb from feminist columnist Katha Pollitt, who described the poems as "brave, elegant, edgy...
...says Hansen. Each contains 101 stories ("That's a spiritual number," he says), and few of those last longer than three pages--perfect for attention spans ground down to nothing by TV. No one will mistake Chicken Soup for literature, and in case you miss the point, the cover blurb from Robin ("Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous") Leach is a clue that you're not buying Middlemarch. From book to book, the tone is unvarying: earnest, unadorned and ruthlessly uplifting. The stories are gathered under recurring rubrics--"On Love," "A Matter of Attitude," "Live Your Dream," "Learning to Love...
...article on Pforzheimer House was so off-base that it was comical. Not only was it the size of a tater tot but it had about as much substance as a tater tot. A brief blurb about Club Pfoho does not do our House Committee justice. The time and dedication our HoCo puts into making the House a lively place is second to none. In addition to the four "Club Pfoho" dances in the past year-and-a-half, where is mention of Gotcha, the Roommate Game and our own Drag Night? Not to mention Thursdayfest and the Battle...
...think very few people change their eating habits because of a little blurb," she says...
...were so pleased to see Garrison Keillor's fabulous piece on Murray's restaurant in Minneapolis, Minn. [ESSAY, Oct. 13], which referred to our magic and elegance. Unfortunately, the blurb on Time's index page indicated that Keillor was writing about a "landmark restaurant closing." Though we are a landmark restaurant, we certainly are not closing, nor did Keillor's Essay say so. Please let your readers know we are open and intend to stay in business for at least another 50 years. Come visit us! LINDA LINDQUIST, Marketing Manager Murray's Minneapolis, Minn...