tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5550868480663112358.post78258033552570295..comments2024-02-25T10:27:34.057-05:00Comments on Media Funhouse: My most memorable crap job: ripping off aspiring authors for a noted literary agency (and how it relates to Decased Artiste Arthur Marx)Media Funhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15243301374887605164noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5550868480663112358.post-75552383472178032062013-11-17T11:28:30.422-05:002013-11-17T11:28:30.422-05:00I think Mr. Cook is correct about BM. I missed how...I think Mr. Cook is correct about BM. I missed how funny his books were when I read them in the seventies and eighties.Jeff Geehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02556922556611887235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5550868480663112358.post-87660015843206529292011-05-13T23:28:40.926-04:002011-05-13T23:28:40.926-04:00I'm pretty sure I know who you're referrin...I'm pretty sure I know who you're referring to as the ace fellow employee at the literary agency where you worked...initials BM...yes?<br /><br />I just finished reading a book of his personal essays on the field in which he toiled. I first read him back in the early 70s, when I found his work too bleak for my young optimistic naive mind. Now, I find it quite revitalizing.Robert Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06951286299515983901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5550868480663112358.post-30802239788813164902011-05-13T19:53:54.179-04:002011-05-13T19:53:54.179-04:00Another terrific read, Ed. I hope the scrimshaw bo...Another terrific read, Ed. I hope the scrimshaw book writer somehow stumbles upon this post. Did he ever get it published, I wonder?Sherwin Sleeveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02571045296300519152noreply@blogger.com