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DFW as literary spy magazine parodies.
Bill Walsh (who I’ve described exclusively as my personal hero since first picking up a copy of his essential text The Elephants of Style: A Trunkload of Tips on the Big Issues and Gray Areas of Contemporary American English
Emmy J. Favilla • A World Without "Whom"
“What’s the line? ‘Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean.’ ” “What’s that?” “Raymond Chandler. On how the private detective must be a man of honor. Of course, he had never been one. Dashiell Hammett was one, and he had different ideas.”
Dann McDorman • West Heart Kill: A novel
A PR agent from Burson-Marsteller reached out to a tech blogger named Christopher Soghoian and asked him to write a critical op-ed about a Google product. Recounting the story Soghoian says Burson-Marsteller offered to “draft” the op-ed for Soghoian and get it published in a “top-tier” outlet like the Washington Post, Politico, the Hill, Roll Call,
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