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i am realizing, somewhat belatedly, that 8 years of latin aren’t all that useful and life stories shouldn’t be mediated by google translate
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entirely too few words in praise of the long-suffering debo, who has been hearing about this project since the beginning of time
so i’ve been a little silent here because i’ve slaving away elsewhere, readying the sex toboggans- which are (is?), in fact, now titled “DESPERATE WOMEN GAMBLE ALL!” (catchy, non?)- for a future thing.
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QUESTION.
i’m working on a theoretical something and i don’t know if i even buy it, so i’ma throw it out to the internets. here’s my deal: is “narrative interdependence” a thing? say you always see two stories presented together. to … Continue reading
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jackie onassis, the porno, the photog, the flip and k.stew
in the episode of jackie onassis, the swedish porno and the photog, i posited the notion that this was a tale wherein jackie, a character who so rarely seems in control of her narrative, is cast as a dominatrix and she … Continue reading
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jackie onassis, the photog and the swedish porno
folks, it’s all “why jackie can never get enough” all the time these days, so bear with me. because i’m wading through an intellectual morass trying to arrive at Deep Thoughts on “life-fictions” and the only way i know how … Continue reading
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the epic throwdown: jackie o vs. jackie k
at present, my jackie as fictional character studies come down to this: the january 1971 issue of MOTION PICTURE. you guys, it is SO RICH, i can’t even.
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biography has sex problems. true story. (+ assorted ramblings re: the awesomeness of 1960s celebrity 2nd wedding dresses)
i started writing about jackie because i deplored the way she was written about. shoddy writing, shoddy scholarship, shoddy story-telling. when you read 97 books about someone, certain trends begin to emerge.
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allegations
tracy weiner- whose writing biography class constitutes the sole semester of biographical training that comprises the biography concentration of my masters degree in the humanities- once said: the biographer has the power to control perception. that sounds a bit maniacal, … Continue reading
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jackie! the authorized biography
John Kennedy’s victory in the 1960 presidential election raised interest in his wife to a fevered pitch. But, Jackie was adamant that she would do things on her own terms. She detested the prying and made a preemptive move to thwart conjecture … Continue reading
things you never know if you never ask
the first legit biographer to ever read jackie was a pulitzer prize winner with whom my only in-person interaction had been the observation that there should be more stalls in the women’s restroom at the national press club. Continue reading
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