Monthly Archives: January 2011

all wrong

Posted on 27 January 2011 by

(17 january 2011) i wonder sometimes if i’ve got it all wrong. made up a series of elaborate meanings where there are, in fact, none. these are the scary days. on the good days, it makes perfect sense and most … Continue reading →

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breakthrough

Posted on 25 January 2011 by

(12 january 2011) i am alarmingly resistant to different ways of thinking. not necessarily in life in general, but when it comes to jackie, i take an extraordinarily limited view and subscribe to the age-old paradigm that one must write … Continue reading →

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here, kitty, kitty

Posted on 20 January 2011 by

(23 december 2010) there is a convention of biographers convening in the middle of may. thanks to some tantalizing press materials, it has long been known that the pre-conference reception will be held at the “washington d.c. home of a … Continue reading →

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the sexpert

Posted on 18 January 2011 by

(7 january 2011) i may or may not be delivering a paper at a conference. i say may or may not because my acceptance to deliver said paper at said conference was conveyed through a forwarded email from the biography, … Continue reading →

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sister, sister

Posted on 13 January 2011 by

(16 december 2010) i am still writing letters. and, blessedly, getting letters in return. it is a struggle to comprehend that these letters are, in fact, progress. i put that down to the fact that they inevitably arrive in my … Continue reading →

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let’s talk about sex, baby

Posted on 11 January 2011 by

(6 december 2010) i am reading baby, let’s play house: elvis presley & the women who loved him. it is written by a woman who is writing about a man’s sexual relationships with women. the book’s central revelation is that … Continue reading →

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the sister

Posted on 6 January 2011 by

(17 november 2010) writing biography is like being blanche dubois. you’ve nothing except the kindness of strangers upon which to rely. you hope they will remember. that they will talk. to you. that they will not die and take their … Continue reading →

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oh yeah.

Posted on 4 January 2011 by

(8 november 2010) I am meant to be researching a Jackie book. I forgot this. Like, seriously, for a full week it was wiped from my mind. I’m pretty sure this would not happen to a real biographer. No real … Continue reading →

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