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Recently, NPR interviewed Richard Fairman, the archivist who produced this collection. Listen to the audio to hear the voices of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, F. Scott Fitzgerald (reading from Othello), Virginia Woolf, and Vladimir Nabokov.
Unfortunately, the online clip omits Nabokov's delightful closing quote (which I heard in the initial broadcast). So, I dug it out from the transcript:
Vladimir Nabokov describing the writing process:
“Proofreading: Unpacking the radiant, beautiful, plump advance copy; opening it and discovering a stupid oversight committed by me, allowed by me to survive. After a month or so I get used to the book's final stage, to its having been weaned from my brain. I now regard it with a kind of amused tenderness as a man regards — not his son — but the young wife of his son.”
Sounds similar to what I've read in modern writers' blogs...
WASHINGTON—African-American man Barack Obama, 47, was given the least-desirable job in the entire country Tuesday when he was elected president of the United States of America. In his new high-stress, low-reward position, Obama will be charged with such tasks as completely overhauling the nation's broken-down economy, repairing the crumbling infrastructure, and generally having to please more than 300 million Americans and cater to their every whim on a daily basis. As part of his duties, the black man will have to spend four to eight years cleaning up the messes other people left behind. The job comes with such intense scrutiny and so certain a guarantee of failure that only one other person even bothered applying for it. Said scholar and activist Mark L. Denton, "It just goes to show you that, in this country, a black man still can't catch a break."
WASHINGTON—After emerging victorious from one of the most pivotal elections in history, president-elect Barack Obama will assume the role of commander in chief on Jan. 20, shattering a racial barrier the United States is, at long last, shitty enough to overcome....
Just minutes after their party's longstanding losing tradition lay in tatters on the ground, millions of shell-shocked Democrats stared at their television screens in disbelief, asking themselves what went right. For Democrats, who have become accustomed to their party blowing an election even when it seemed like a sure thing, Tuesday night's results were a bitter pill to swallow....
That reminded me of Pat Paulsen's perennial campaign (he belonged to the Straight Talking American Government Party, or STAG Party for short), and Stephen Colbert's brief run from this time last year.
I also found myself thinking about University of Wisconsin's Pail and Shovel Party yesterday.
For those who haven't heard of this group before, they were:
an absurdist contingent of UW-Madison students who won control of student government in the spring of 1978 with the campaign slogan, "Are you nuts enough?" and conducted a series of classic pranks.
Voting is a fundamental right, but as I saw on the Carter-Ford commission and again as a member of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, Election Day resource disparities have enormously different racial and class impacts that are based on the dynamics of power and poverty. In election cycle after cycle, registrars act surprised when problems crop up disproportionately in poor neighborhoods. If there isn't enough money to run decent elections everywhere, Americans should share the pain equally.
I don't know why, but our polling place never gives out "I Voted" stickers. [I thought about calling today to ask, but figured they probably had more important matters to deal with.]
However, if you're sporting one tomorrow, merchants are offering various nifty freebies to reward Americans for fulfilling their civic duty by casting ballots in the election.
This year's treats include:
Who
What
How (and When)
Starbucks
Tall cup of brewed coffee
tell clerks that you voted
Krispy Kreme
star shaped doughnut with patriotic sprinkles
show "I Voted" sticker
Shane's Rib Shack
free "Vote America Meal" (3 chicken tenders, fries, 20 oz. drink)
show "I Voted" sticker
Chick-fil-a
free Chicken Sandwich
show "I Voted" sticker
Ben & Jerry's
free scoop of ice cream
open to everybody between 5 - 8 pm
Babeland (NYC, LA, and Seattle)
Maverick for men, Silver Bullet for women
present registration cards, ballot stubs or "word of honor" through Nov. 11
Eat'n Park (PN, OH, and WV)
free cup of coffee
present a ballot stub or "I Voted" sticker
Todd Conner's pub (Baltimore)
beer on the house
must have/show proof that you voted
Obviously, not all offers are available in all locations, but hopefully something on this list will be convenient.
Information from Bargainist and MSNBC used in compiling this list.
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