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Enjoy the movie, but read the novel

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New issue of MiPOesias featuring a story inspired by the James Taylor song that George Jones turned into a honky-tonk tearjerker.

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Click on image to open PDF online. Print issue soon.

New issue of MiPOesias featuring a story inspired by the greatest hit of this hirsute fellow.

misanthropicalist:

vintagegal:

Wonder Woman and some skaters 1970’s

For Scott and Zelda fans:

The Fitzgerald Society will be hosting its 12th international conference in Montgomery, Alabama, this November 6-10, 2013, co-sponsored by the Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum. It’s a fun, education four-day whirligig in the city where Scott and Zelda met. There’s more info at www.fscottfitzgeraldsociety.org, with the program, guests, etc. Here’s the main thing: it’s only $140! And it ends with a flapper ball! Registration deadline isn’t until Aug 1 2013.

1.       The Graduate by Charles Webb (1963). Aspiring Benjamin Braddocks will get the wrong idea if you slip ‘em a copy of the novel that inspired a zillion parodies of THAT LINE. For better or worse, today’s kids will think of Heidi Klum’s lame-o Hardee’s  commercial before they ever conjure Dustin Hoffman.

2.       Nickel and Dimed (On [Not] Getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich(2001). We’re all for a dose of reality, but let ‘em have a couple months in your basement before you make them confront the future.

3.       The Future’s So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades by Timbuk 3 (1986; sheet music). Just because 27 years later you can still say “Fifty thou a year will buy a lot of beer” and think it’s funny (or relevant) doesn’t mean the newly minted will.

4.       This Rich World: The Story of Money by Constance J. Foster, illustrated by Crockett Johnson (1943). Sure, this primer on the monetary system is a cult classic, but just because it’s aimed at a third-grade reading level doesn’t mean new grads will understand it.

5.       Free Money “They” Don’t Want You to Know About by Kevin Trudeau (2013). As of this writing, infomercial king and con man extraordinaire Trudeau lives in Switzerland to dodge a $37 million Federal Trade Commission fine. Apparently that makes him highly qualified to tell you how to make free money. Unless you want to Skype with your kids while they’re on the lam in Zurich, probably best to avoid.

Join me in reliving the roaring 20’s with the Gatsby Avatar Creator. Go to http://apps.warnerbros.com/greatgatsby/avatarcreator/us

A new story of mine about famous people on the French Riviera in the 1920s. Purports to answer an age-old mystery about a certain aviator and a certain American woman.

superseventies:

Toys, Games and Crafts from Milton Bradley, 1979.

the-hysterical-society:

1926-Girl Gasoline Pump by ozfan22 on Flickr.

A C of C industrial Expo publicity, Miss Vera Vance stands upon a gasoline pump with a hose in her mouth. Photo dated: August 1926.