Author: Jonathan Kieran
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It’s So Passé to Want a Hit
Another example of why the world currently stands on its head. Suddenly it is somehow counterproductive for commercial operations in publishing to seek out product that might “go viral” (New Geek-speak for “become a hit”). Companies should instead be content…
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Knews at Knopf
Are there any men in publishing, anymore, or have they been made obsolete where the printed word is concerned? ——————— [ Delightful new work by Jonathan Kieran is slated for major release in the near future so brace yourselves and…
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Dwindling Numbers of Australian Readers?
The publishing game Down Under is showing the strain. —————— [ Delightful new work by Jonathan Kieran is slated for major release in the near future so brace yourselves and think of England. This stuff is built for speed. Stay…
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Sharky Limericks, a la Boston
There was a Great White from Nantucket who told all the locals to “suck it!” It wanted a seal, and said “Here’s the deal, from your vaunted waters I’ll pluck it.” ——————— [ Delightful new work by Jonathan Kieran is…
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How About the Death of Art?
If they have to even ponder the question from the standpoint of artistic, creative viability, they already know the answer. It’s all about the hive-mind “democratization” of aptitude. It’s a grievous deception, a soulless rip-off, and—no matter who will reap…
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yr HOBYD
Completely different from Welsh Rarebit. For example, one can take a Hobyd and boil him, cook him, stick him in a stew … or squash him into jelly. But only before dawn. Things can get a tad rocky after that.…
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JAWS Comes for the Irish
A Great White Shark was spotted off the coast of Galway, prompting global news headlines. Apparently this is as rare as seeing a leprechaun. But I think the Irish need not worry. They swim only in Guinness, with the occasional…
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Something to Warm the Heart of Book-Lovers
File this story under LAUDABLE CRAFTSMANSHIP. —————— [ Delightful new work by Jonathan Kieran is slated for major release in the near future so brace yourselves and think of England. This stuff is built for speed. Stay tuned for more.…
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Shark Week Looms
I don’t know about Forbes’s reasons to watch, but here they are. And isn’t EVERY week becoming “shark week” around the world, lately? Just watch the news. They’re hungry and waiting for you … and your little dogs, too. ———————…
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Sex Dragons
The latest craze of the Affirmed and Empowered. Literature, au re-feckin’-voir. ———————— [ Delightful new work by Jonathan Kieran is slated for major release in the near future so brace yourselves and think of England. This stuff is built for…
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