Slog - Comments on Paying Attention to the Auras http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/paying_attention_to_the_auras I know it's a day late, but I wanted to mention Orhan Pamuk's talk Monday night at the opening evening of the 2007-08 Seattle Arts and Lectures season. Pamuk is Turkey's best-selling novelist and the recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize for Literature. He writes dense, yet surprisingly accessible books that concern themselves with art, politics (in a non-political way), and what he calls "the irony of the minor detail in the major scene." His talk last night was full of humor and the passion of an artist serious about his craft. A few highlights: He called Anna Karenina... Copyright 2008 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:31:52 -0800 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:01:42 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mr. Poe He's kind of cute. I'd let him fuck me.

Oh, you posted a lot of words or something below his picture. Just thought you should know.

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Are you sure Mr. Poe wasn't the one speaking?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/paying_attention_to_the_auras#c827071 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/paying_attention_to_the_auras#c827071 Books Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:50:12 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Coming from you, Mr. I Can't Say Anything Without Stapling My Recent Events And What I've Been Doing And Where I have Been And Who I Know And Who I've Met And Everything About My "Relatives" And Did I Mention I'm Attached To Every Major Event In History In One Way Or Another?, that's pretty funny.

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