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Showing posts with label "The Day of the Locust. Show all posts
Showing posts with label "The Day of the Locust. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Quote of the Day (Nathanael West to F. Scott Fitzgerald, Relating the Reception of His Most Recent Book)

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I'm a librarian (no, NOT a "cybrarian" or "information scientist" or any of the other trendy terms the profession has come up with), as well as a freelance writer/researcher; my political leanings are contrarian, much to the dismay of friends on the left and right, and so I will give anyone looking for my vote exactly what they deserve -- the back of my hand
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