April 20, 2008...11:53 am

the whole problem, again

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Shalom Auslander writes:

“I did a book signing last year with a fairly well-known writer who erupted in anger when the moderator accused him of being funny. ‘I’m not here to make you laugh,’ he said. ‘I’m a Writer’.”

My favourite bit comes next:

“The audience nodded in reverential acquiescence.”

More Auslander here, and more to follow when I get time…

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