Category Archives: McSweeney Rejects

Podcast: Open Letter to Publishers of the New Yorker

https://www.fanagrams.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Open-Letter-to-New-Yorker.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSCan I handle a weekly subscription to the New Yorker?  Maybe they could just send me every other one. Follow Liza Blue on: Share:

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Open Letter to Publishers of The New Yorker

Dear Publishers, I am writing to request a special type of subscription.  I’m willing to pay full price but please only send me every other issue.  The time commitment of a weekly New Yorker would be beyond my grasp and … Continue reading

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Podcast: Open Letter to Peg Bracken

https://www.fanagrams.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Open-Letter-to-Peg-Bracken.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe I Hate to Cookbook, published by Peg Bracken in 1960, saved my mother’s life. Follow Liza Blue on: Share:

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Open Letter to Sol Hurok

Dear Sol Hurok, I know nothing about you except that you are an impresario.  I really don’t know what an impresario is except to say, “It’s someone like Sol Hurok.”  The words Sol Hurok and impresario have been tattooed on my brain … Continue reading

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Podcast: Open Letter to Sol Hurok

https://www.fanagrams.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Open-Letter-to-Sol-Hurok.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSAh, the mysteries of the brain.  Why do inextricably link the word Sol Hurok and impresario? Follow Liza Blue on: Share:

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Podcast: Vindictive Snack Mom

https://www.fanagrams.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Vindicative-Snack-Mom.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSA mother strikes a blow in solidarity for all the discontented snack moms out there! Follow Liza Blue on: Share:

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Podcast: Open Letter to the Children of Robert McNamara

https://www.fanagrams.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Open-Letter-to-McNamara.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSI’s been over 50 years, but I am finally apologizing. Follow Liza Blue on: Share:

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Open Letter to the Children of Robert McNamara

Dear McNamara Children, This is a belated apology.  I have been meaning to set things straight, but the right moment never materialized, and now it has been over 50 years.  However, my guilt came flooding back as I watched the … Continue reading

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Open Letter to Stephen Hawking

There is one thing humans have relied on, well beyond the standard cliché of death and taxes.  It is the universal standard of a second as an enduring constant across cultures and time.  Some extremist with a jittery trigger finger … Continue reading

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Podcast: Open Letter to Stephen Hawking

https://www.fanagrams.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Dear-Dr.-Hawking.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSA knitter’s advice to Stephen Hawking on how to simplify astrophysics. Follow Liza Blue on: Share:

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