Comments on: Unreimbursed work-related expenses http://www.elifbatuman.net/2009/09/21/unreimbursed-work-related-expenses/ "Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself." Franz Kafka Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:37:31 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Lauren http://www.elifbatuman.net/2009/09/21/unreimbursed-work-related-expenses/comment-page-1/#comment-963 Lauren Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:46:07 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/?p=620#comment-963 Wow. Let this be a lesson to us all. Looking forward to reading your book! Wow. Let this be a lesson to us all.
Looking forward to reading your book!

]]> By: Elif http://www.elifbatuman.net/2009/09/21/unreimbursed-work-related-expenses/comment-page-1/#comment-962 Elif Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:47:04 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/?p=620#comment-962 dear tara, welcome back! never fear, POSSESSED has three whole chapters about samarkand (titled by my editor "summer in samarkand," "summer in samarkand (cont.)," and "summer in samarkand (conc.)")---guaranteed to satisfy even the dearest and most insatiable readers about samarkand. seriously, you will all be sorry. dear tara, welcome back! never fear, POSSESSED has three whole chapters about samarkand (titled by my editor “summer in samarkand,” “summer in samarkand (cont.),” and “summer in samarkand (conc.)”)—guaranteed to satisfy even the dearest and most insatiable readers about samarkand. seriously, you will all be sorry.

]]> By: Tara http://www.elifbatuman.net/2009/09/21/unreimbursed-work-related-expenses/comment-page-1/#comment-961 Tara Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:20:33 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/?p=620#comment-961 Speaking of publications that come or don't come in the mail ... n+1 arrived yesterday upon my return from vacation, to my excitement ... but then disappointment ("There's something wrong with this issue," I kept saying as I flipped through it). I'm mildly bummed your dear readers need to cliff-hang another half a year for Samarkand II, though I guess it's fine, since you mentioned there's an extended version in The Possessed. So, I will look forward to that. And good luck crushing the Ghanaian typist. That sounds like a nightmare, so really: good luck. Orphans! Tara Speaking of publications that come or don’t come in the mail … n+1 arrived yesterday upon my return from vacation, to my excitement … but then disappointment (”There’s something wrong with this issue,” I kept saying as I flipped through it). I’m mildly bummed your dear readers need to cliff-hang another half a year for Samarkand II, though I guess it’s fine, since you mentioned there’s an extended version in The Possessed. So, I will look forward to that.

And good luck crushing the Ghanaian typist. That sounds like a nightmare, so really: good luck.

Orphans!
Tara

]]> By: JasonM http://www.elifbatuman.net/2009/09/21/unreimbursed-work-related-expenses/comment-page-1/#comment-960 JasonM Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:38:40 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/?p=620#comment-960 Great story. I'm sorry to hijack, but isn't it crazy that Solzhenitsyn's opus on Russians and Jews, Two Hundred Years Together, can't get published in English? Is it that much of a thoughtcrime? It would be nice if someone who is neither a Russian, nor a Jew, nor a racist, would write about that book (hopefully that doesn't leave out too many writers...) Great story. I’m sorry to hijack, but isn’t it crazy that Solzhenitsyn’s opus on Russians and Jews, Two Hundred Years Together, can’t get published in English? Is it that much of a thoughtcrime?

It would be nice if someone who is neither a Russian, nor a Jew, nor a racist, would write about that book (hopefully that doesn’t leave out too many writers…)

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