Comments on: D is for depravity http://www.elifbatuman.net/2009/10/20/d-is-for-depravity/ "A writer never has a vacation." Eugene Ionesco Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:22:40 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Online Book Store and News - Elif Batuman Takes the Bench http://www.elifbatuman.net/2009/10/20/d-is-for-depravity/comment-page-1/#comment-1166 Online Book Store and News - Elif Batuman Takes the Bench Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:00:45 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/?p=653#comment-1166 [...] This week, we are extremely happy to welcome Elif Batuman as a guest blogger on The Book Bench. Elif’s book, “The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them,” one chapter of which originated as a piece in The New Yorker, was released yesterday. Since it is a book all about books and fascinating literary subcultures, we thought that, in the process of writing it, Elif would have collected many tidbits that would be of interest to our readers. And her first post, about Pushkin and a sofa, I think proves us right. It helps, of course, that Elif is an old hand at blogging: she’s kept My Life and Thoughts, at elifbatuman.net, for the past few years. If you haven’t checked it out yet, you must: in addition to fine writing, it features a very cute video of her cat. [...] [...] This week, we are extremely happy to welcome Elif Batuman as a guest blogger on The Book Bench. Elif’s book, “The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them,” one chapter of which originated as a piece in The New Yorker, was released yesterday. Since it is a book all about books and fascinating literary subcultures, we thought that, in the process of writing it, Elif would have collected many tidbits that would be of interest to our readers. And her first post, about Pushkin and a sofa, I think proves us right. It helps, of course, that Elif is an old hand at blogging: she’s kept My Life and Thoughts, at elifbatuman.net, for the past few years. If you haven’t checked it out yet, you must: in addition to fine writing, it features a very cute video of her cat. [...]

]]> By: Tara http://www.elifbatuman.net/2009/10/20/d-is-for-depravity/comment-page-1/#comment-993 Tara Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:20:44 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/?p=653#comment-993 P.S. I didn't mean to imply anything about young hipster readers. Moreover, watch out for comment spam. Considering all the naked girls, etc. Anyway ... cats! P.S. I didn’t mean to imply anything about young hipster readers. Moreover, watch out for comment spam. Considering all the naked girls, etc. Anyway … cats!

]]> By: Tara http://www.elifbatuman.net/2009/10/20/d-is-for-depravity/comment-page-1/#comment-992 Tara Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:13:36 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/?p=653#comment-992 Oh Depravity-list writer, my cat Henri does this all the time. Little did I know this behavior was a mark of decadence. Go her. And beware! I foresee an influx of very interesting young hipster readers for this blog. Now that you've linked Vice like, five times. Oh Depravity-list writer, my cat Henri does this all the time. Little did I know this behavior was a mark of decadence. Go her.

And beware! I foresee an influx of very interesting young hipster readers for this blog. Now that you’ve linked Vice like, five times.

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