Forget about Al Gore and his little Nobel Peace Prize. Any wimp can win that. The Nobel Prize for Literature, on the other hand, is a genuinely difficult accomplishment. The closest I came to winning this prestigious award was in 1993, when I finished in fifth place behind the wildly overrated Toni Morrison and a few other hacks. So three cheers for Doris Lessing: Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray! If you've never read anything by Doris Lessing, give this short story a shot. It's called Through the Tunnel. She's a commie pinko, but she writes real purdy-like.
Friday, October 12, 2007
Doris' Day
Forget about Al Gore and his little Nobel Peace Prize. Any wimp can win that. The Nobel Prize for Literature, on the other hand, is a genuinely difficult accomplishment. The closest I came to winning this prestigious award was in 1993, when I finished in fifth place behind the wildly overrated Toni Morrison and a few other hacks. So three cheers for Doris Lessing: Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray! If you've never read anything by Doris Lessing, give this short story a shot. It's called Through the Tunnel. She's a commie pinko, but she writes real purdy-like.
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Oooh, a link to the oh-so-retro-chic Fictiondaze blog... Now that's a site for sore eyes.
ReplyDeleteShort story my ass. They probably gave her the Nobel to shut her up. I, for one, cannot stand people that go on and on and on.
ReplyDeleteBut you must admit that Bob's pithy title for this post is damn slick. Not long enough for a Nobel, of course, but hip... very hip.
ReplyDeleteI'd hit it.
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