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Thrillin' Trillin
One of my personal favorites, Calvin Trillin, apparently has a winner with Obliviously On He Sails: The Bush Administration in Rhyme, a new collection of "deadline poems" about Dubya and his cronies. Ever humble, Trillin is comfortable in what he assumes to be non-notoriety.
"I think Linda Ronstadt could safely dedicate a song to me," he said, in his trademark deadpan. "People might say, `Who?' but they wouldn't get up and throw a drink at her."
August 1, 2004 in Books | Permalink
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Did you hear his poetic "sideline" reports of the DNC? It was the kind of brilliant idea that keeps me believing in NPR.
Posted by: Adam Robinson at Aug 2, 2004 1:25:19 AM
No, I'm very sorry I missed those. The only thing from the DNC that I heard on NPR was Jimmy Carter's speech--which I thought was quite good--while I was doing some work around the house. Other than that I watched on PBS.
Oh, wait, it looks like some of them are available here:
http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3806027
Posted by: Pete at Aug 2, 2004 8:22:31 AM
