Slog - Comments on Clear Your Reading Schedules Now http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clear_your_reading_schedules_now Sleep, my bloggy little angel, sleep and dream. When you awaken, you shall be rich! Slunch, which is quoting from Publisher's Lunch, says that former Gawker editor and recent New York Times Magazine cover story whiner Emily Gould has sold her memoir, titled And the Heart Says..."Whatever", to Free Press. Estimates for the book deal range from $250,000 to 1 meeellion dollars. The press release says that ATHS..."W" will be: "an honest, searching and wry set of recollections that together weave a picture of what it's like to be a young person in New York City in the early... Copyright 2008 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:00:00 -0800 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:27:37 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by brett who fuckin cares. if i never hear about this vapid bitch again it'll be too soon.

]]> brett http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clear_your_reading_schedules_now#c1064380 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clear_your_reading_schedules_now#c1064380 Books Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:23:19 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe How the hell will you be able to read it? The best day of my life will be when someone runs up and punches her in the stomach.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clear_your_reading_schedules_now#c1064384 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clear_your_reading_schedules_now#c1064384 Books Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:24:26 -0800 Comment by davida There was a gawker post about this that had a great quote:

"'I assume it's 400 pages of the word me in different fonts,' says one publishing industry spy. "

Sounds about right.

]]> davida http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clear_your_reading_schedules_now#c1064386 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clear_your_reading_schedules_now#c1064386 Books Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:25:49 -0800 Comment by cressona The best I can say for Emily Gould is, at least she's not a fabricator like that other individual who made a name in the NY Times, Jayson Blair.

CLARIFICATION: If the above comment sounds in any way like a compliment, even a backhanded one, it was not intended to.

]]> cressona http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clear_your_reading_schedules_now#c1064390 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clear_your_reading_schedules_now#c1064390 Books Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:28:20 -0800 Comment by ams whining all the way to the bank

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]]> Cookie W. Monster http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clear_your_reading_schedules_now#c1064406 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clear_your_reading_schedules_now#c1064406 Books Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:37:23 -0800 Comment by Seth I actually am looking forward to it, no sarcasm intended. She may be self-involved, but I think she's an entertaining writer.

Besides, what the hell kind of memoir isn't "the word me in different fonts"? It's a MEMOIR for god's sake...they are supposed to be about you.

A Fan's Notes by Frederick Exley is one of the best American memoirs, and it's about the most self-involved, awful person ever.

As long as it's well-written and honest...


]]> Seth http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clear_your_reading_schedules_now#c1064416 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clear_your_reading_schedules_now#c1064416 Books Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:45:50 -0800 Comment by w7ngman Who the fuck is this?

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Blogger books usually suck. Maybe this one will be different.

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]]> Trevor http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clear_your_reading_schedules_now#c1064608 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clear_your_reading_schedules_now#c1064608 Books Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:34:41 -0800 Comment by Dougsf I'm quite pleased with myself right now as I have no idea who this person is. For her sake, however, I hope she understands how advances work.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clear_your_reading_schedules_now#c1064624 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clear_your_reading_schedules_now#c1064624 Books Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:40:12 -0800 Comment by Ramdu Well, I think we can all agree that she's no Martha Gellhorn.

]]> Ramdu http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clear_your_reading_schedules_now#c1064662 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clear_your_reading_schedules_now#c1064662 Books Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:54:01 -0800 Comment by Greg Ugh. If I wanted to know what it was like to be a young person in New York City in the early 2000s, I'd move there.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clear_your_reading_schedules_now#c1064670 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clear_your_reading_schedules_now#c1064670 Books Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:59:23 -0800 Comment by an imaginary I've never heard of her before, but from the little I read through your link, I would say it's writers like her who give me hope I can someday make it in this overfilled writers world. How boring and contrite her article is...and on the NYT site. Makes me frown a little.

]]> an imaginary http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clear_your_reading_schedules_now#c1064769 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clear_your_reading_schedules_now#c1064769 Books Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:50:41 -0800 Comment by an imaginary Oops, not contrite--I mean lame.

]]> an imaginary http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clear_your_reading_schedules_now#c1064774 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clear_your_reading_schedules_now#c1064774 Books Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:52:41 -0800 Comment by PopTart Paul, why oh why do you pop the bubble in which I encapsulated you? Your love of Sloane was hard to swallow, especially when you compared her to Dorothy Parker. But, now, this. Who will you compare Emily to? I shudder to imagine. I must go soak my misery in booze now.

]]> PopTart http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clear_your_reading_schedules_now#c1064878 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clear_your_reading_schedules_now#c1064878 Books Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:47:07 -0800 Comment by CP Seth @ 8, I think you're on to something there.

From now on, I'll pronounce the word "ME-moir."

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