http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/also_today_in_authors_birthdays I contend that, while Brendan Gill was a better writer than Dorothy Parker, Dorothy Parker is an incredibly important (and markedly more famous) figure for a reason. Sometimes it doesn't come down to a contest about how good your writing is. Her contributions to civil rights and feminism are vitally important to this very day, in all sorts of unquantifiable ways. She totally deserves to have a birthday party. So nyah. And in other news, today is also Ray Bradbury's birthday! He is almost 115, give or take a decade or three. SF Signal celebrated by posting a video with... Copyright 2008 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:22:53 -0800 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:57:59 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Did Brendan Gill ever write anything as good as:

Lips that taste of tears, they say
Are the best for kissing

No, he didn't.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/also_today_in_authors_birthdays#c1112032 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/also_today_in_authors_birthdays#c1112032 Books Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:26:38 -0800 Ray Bradbury? I'm aware of his work.

]]> Patrick http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/also_today_in_authors_birthdays#c1112080 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/also_today_in_authors_birthdays#c1112080 Books Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:31:26 -0800 Martin Prince for the win!

]]> paulus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/also_today_in_authors_birthdays#c1112088 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/also_today_in_authors_birthdays#c1112088 Books Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:46:25 -0800 The giant TV reminds me of the Telescreen in 1984. And I thought only burritos traveled by pneumatic tubes...

]]> RainMan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/also_today_in_authors_birthdays#c1112120 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/also_today_in_authors_birthdays#c1112120 Books Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:57:59 -0800