By Jack Silbert on October 17, 2018
This Friday, the movie we’ve all been waiting 3.5 years for, Can You Ever Forgive Me? based on the memoir by Lee Israel, will finally be released. Lee herself had been waiting even longer, and died before the contractual t’s were dotted and eyes were crossed as it were. But back in the 2012, she […]
Posted in Lee Israel, personal history | Tagged Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Mitt Romney, New York Public Library, New York Yankees, U.S. Postal Service
By Jack Silbert on April 9, 2015
There’s been some hullabaloo this week, because the U.S. Postal Service issued a Maya Angelou stamp with a big quote that ISN’T HERS. There was Oprah, and the First Lady, and everybody’s on stage in front of this giant blow-up of this big stupid mistake and it’s hugely embarrassing. And the Postal Service found out […]
Posted in opinion | Tagged Maya Angelou, meta, pot calling kettle black, stamps, the Internet, U.S. Postal Service
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