I was wiling an hour and discovered a copy of Mansfield Park [audiobook] (as read by Juliet Stevenson) available for just $4 through the Barnes&Noble website. I bought my copy several months ago to keep my long drive south palatable and it kept me pretty well diverted.
Archive for July 29th, 2008
Today, in the Ha-ha, is an Audiobook (Mansfield Park)
Posted in Excessively Diverting, Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, tagged Cheap Books, Jane Austen, Mansfield Park on July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some Laureatespeak
Posted in Excessively Diverting, Other Writers, tagged Kay Ryan, Novelletum, Poet Laureate, TIME on July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So the new Laureate [Kay Ryan] is growing on me. I’m hard pressed not to get all cloud-nined and complimentary – but [brace for alliteration!] she said some super stuff in ”America’s Busiest Poet“ ; – alright, here’s the skinny: I’ve a galpal [Novelletum editor Leslie Pritchard] who’s got the most bizarre gab; thus similiarities, to me, endear even strangers:
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