http://www.elifbatuman.net/2009/09/01/the-beautiful-future/ "Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness." George Orwell Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:59:39 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.elifbatuman.net/2009/09/01/the-beautiful-future/comment-page-1/#comment-989 Camus Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:42:54 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/2009/09/01/the-beautiful-future/#comment-989 No, it's St. Petersbourg in sunny South dakota. No, it’s St. Petersbourg in sunny South dakota.

]]> http://www.elifbatuman.net/2009/09/01/the-beautiful-future/comment-page-1/#comment-947 Hamish Reid Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:52:41 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/2009/09/01/the-beautiful-future/#comment-947 It has to be St. Petersburg, Missouri, up there on the far end of Interstate 14 where errant New Yorker fact checkers are sent for reeducation at the Accordion Academy :-). It has to be St. Petersburg, Missouri, up there on the far end of Interstate 14 where errant New Yorker fact checkers are sent for reeducation at the Accordion Academy .

]]> http://www.elifbatuman.net/2009/09/01/the-beautiful-future/comment-page-1/#comment-946 Michael Fay Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:42:59 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/2009/09/01/the-beautiful-future/#comment-946 I liked this part from the catelogue: "a new voice that was unpredictable, comic, humane, ironic, charming, poignant, and completely, unpretentiously full of love for literature." Yeah, copywriter!! I liked this part from the catelogue: “a new voice that was unpredictable, comic, humane, ironic, charming, poignant, and completely, unpretentiously full of love for literature.” Yeah, copywriter!!

]]> http://www.elifbatuman.net/2009/09/01/the-beautiful-future/comment-page-1/#comment-945 peli Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:37:20 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/2009/09/01/the-beautiful-future/#comment-945 as did so many others i used to reside in an oxford that's in cambridge that's in boston. the novelty never wore off. as did so many others i used to reside in an oxford that’s in cambridge that’s in boston. the novelty never wore off.

]]> http://www.elifbatuman.net/2009/09/01/the-beautiful-future/comment-page-1/#comment-944 SW Foska Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:56:04 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/2009/09/01/the-beautiful-future/#comment-944 Hi Elif, 'Stanford, Switzerland' sounded to me like 'Cambridge, England', or 'Paris, France'. Perhaps somebody at Palgrave simply got the wrong Stanford. But there's no indication of which St. Petersburg we are to accompany you to. Any clues? Hi Elif, ‘Stanford, Switzerland’ sounded to me like ‘Cambridge, England’, or ‘Paris, France’. Perhaps somebody at Palgrave simply got the wrong Stanford. But there’s no indication of which St. Petersburg we are to accompany you to. Any clues?

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