The Book Bench: Dear Sugar’s True Identity : The New Yorker

Over the next two years, Sugar’s fans—a devoted readership that includes more than fifteen thousand Facebook and Twitter followers—learned bits about who she was. She was a she. She had lost her mother far too early. She had children, a husband, student-loan debt, and a seemingly inexhaustible supply of open-minded, honest advice. Her responses covered jealousy, the decision to have (or not have) children, drug addiction, and the unanswerable questions of life. On Tuesday night, at a coming-out party in San Francisco, Sugar formally introduced herself as Cheryl Strayed, a writer living in Portland whose new memoir, “Wild,” will be the Rumpus Book Club’s pick for March.

I had the movie adaptation book cover (boo) of the Virgin Suicides, but am quite impressed with the other covers that are out there, of this one in particular, but also this one.

and:

and finally:

ALL better than the movie-tie in.

The Virgin Suicides Trailer (1999) (by glows)

So I had never seen the movie (or even the trailer) before I started the book this week (and finished this morning). The book is awesome (and was a first novel for Eugenides) and powerful and crazy and then seeing that Sofia Coppola did the movie has me very excited to see that too.

stfuconservatives:

A fun visual representation of how unbelievably pointless and wasteful Florida’s drug testing law is. Not pictured: the fact that that $178 million dollars went to a company owned by the governor’s wife.

-Jess

(via thegreg)

Documented pre dinner spread of gin martinis, Amsterdam cheese, and wasabi peas

mcnallyjackson:

wordbrooklyn:

Jenn has read books, and now she’s got the shirt to prove it! Have you also read books? You might need one.

Having read a book or two in my day, I do, in fact, need one.

That’s a cool shirt by a cool store.

(via WORMBOOK: Happy Valentine’s Day)

Overcoatability!

whatevs:

bobbyfinger:

I don’t understand people who become jealous, unhappy messes on Valentine’s Day for one simple reason: no love currently exists and it’s illogical to be jealous of something that doesn’t exist. Sure, a lot of people think they’re in love, but it’s just not the case. After all, my own parents have been married for 35 years and continue laughing together at DVRed episodes of Frasier, but that’s not love - that’s good writing. In the history of the universe, there has been only one instance of true love and that love was found between Marge and Norm Gunderson in Fargo.

“Bullshit,” you’re saying right now, “I’m in love.” Sorry lunatic friend, but you most certainly are not! Do you remember that scene in Fargo when Norm makes Marge breakfast even when she has to go to work early? What about the scene when Marge congratulates Norm on his two-cent duck stamp? I wish you the best of luck trying to fake that kind of passion tonight, but we all know your Valentine’s Day plans don’t hold a candle to Marge and Norm just layin’ in bed talkin’ about this ‘n’ that.

Theirs was the first love, theirs was the only love, and they’re not even real people - so how stupid would it be to feel jealous of the perfect love between two fictional characters? Don’t be unhappy. Just watch Fargo.

This was the perfect way to end a perfect movie.

I’m in love with Fargo.

bishopia:

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pbstv:

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You know it.

(via hedgehog76)

3 Years with my Valentine (by Peter Knox)

That was last year. Now it’s 4 years and I can say I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Andrea for amazing 1223 days and counting. Happy US day.

lafuguedantoine:

NPR Valentines  

Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you!

I can only hope the feeling is mutual, but NPR is love to my ears.

firstbook:

This Valentine’s Day, First Book would like to sign up 1,400 programs and schools that serve children in need to get brand-new books for their students. Share the LOVE! Re-blog and sign up!