EDNote: A few weeks ago, a subscriber requested a new story discussion, as was done with "Signs and Symbols" in June. I asked for a suggestion, but did not receive one...so I propose "Spring in Fialta" for paragraph-by-paragraph discussion. Of course, the entire story should be read before discussing the sequential paragraphs, but I propose that we stick to discussion of the first paragraph or two until at least Wednesday. 

Pop-Culture sighting:
Jansy Mello spotted this invocation of Humbert's opening lines in Lolita (notice how often we call these "the first lines of Lolita", by the way!):

Subject:
[NABOKV-L] Controversies??
From:
Jansy Mello <jansy.mello@outlook.com>
Date:
9/14/2014 11:54 PM
To:
'Vladimir Nabokov Forum' <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>

http://abovethelaw.com/tag/vladimir-nabokov/

 

·         05 Sep 2014 at 11:02 AM

·         COPYRIGHT, PERVERTS, SPORTS

How Not To Write About The Celebrity Hacking Thing

By JUGGALO LAW

[   ]

Last weekend, the Internet exploded in a terrific tumescence over naked pictures of women. You probably heard. But now, after the hot action, and while the whole world smokes a post-coital cigarette, we are left to sort through the regret. Chief among this shame is news that one of the stars of the tawdry affair may have been underage when the pictures were taken. Mc-kay-la: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Mc. Kay. La.[ ] ESPN, your trusted source for manufactured controversy, chose to report on this actual controversy in the most opaque manner possible.

 

 


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