They actually banned a comedienne - I forget which one - from reading or signing her book or speaking in one of the DC area branches, because she was "disrespectful of President Bush."
I couldn't believe it the first twenty times you told us, but it's starting to sink in now.
Riley ,'Lessons'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
deborah grabien - May 04, 2004 7:00:59 pm PDT #2681 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
brenda m - May 04, 2004 7:07:11 pm PDT #2682 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Wow. That's just. Wow.
Arianna Huffington was at my local one last week, but I haven't noticed otherwise who their speakers are or of what stripe.
deborah grabien - May 04, 2004 7:12:38 pm PDT #2683 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Yep, we listened to the radio interview with this standup, and she was just in shock. They ushered her out of the building and Corporate HQ sent her a frigid little note saying she wasn't welcome, because she had been disrespectful of Bush.
Boy, they'd love me. Disrespectful? Of El Commandante Fuckwit? Naaaah.
Pix - May 04, 2004 7:29:16 pm PDT #2684 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Goddamnit! Borders is the only big bookstore near me, and now I have to boycott it.
sigh
grumblegrumblestupidlibraryistoofarawayand
besidesIliketheprettiesinmyhousegrumblegrumble
Polter-Cow - May 04, 2004 7:33:18 pm PDT #2685 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That's so weird. I thought Borders was based in Ann Arbor, and we're a pretty liberal town, I believe.
Pix - May 04, 2004 7:34:53 pm PDT #2686 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Polter, one of these days, remind me to tell you the story of why Ann Arbor was simultaneously the site of the Worst Vacation and Worst Date Evah for me. It will make you laugh.
Not here though. Wrong thread.
deborah grabien - May 04, 2004 7:48:08 pm PDT #2687 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Kristin, no boycott needed - the local stores tend to be right along the lines of their individual managers. I did my first read at the Sunnyvale Borders, with Tad Williams - Dave, who runs it, used to run a sensational scifi/fantasy indie bookstore.
But this particular incident got a lot of press, and Borders officially "no comment"-ed about it.
Pix - May 04, 2004 7:49:25 pm PDT #2688 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
PHEW.
Thanks Deb. Still, what an irritating thing.
deborah grabien - May 04, 2004 7:58:25 pm PDT #2689 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
This is sort of on topic, yes? Bookstores? Reading at same?
You know one humongous difference between indies and chains? When it comes to doing events, I mean?
PA systems. Seriously. When you read at an indie, no matter how big the store is, they turn off the PA. Borders, B&N? Nope. You'll be right in the middle of a tense passage and, without fail, crackle zrbbpt Bill couldja pick up line seven, Bill line seven crackle.
You learn to time your reading around the PA.
Vortex - May 05, 2004 4:19:40 am PDT #2690 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
That's so weird. I thought Borders was based in Ann Arbor, and we're a pretty liberal town, I believe.
might be based in Ann Arbor, but it's run by people from DC hangs head in shame.