Emily M. Danforth's Blog, page 61

"Tegan and I have been able to form something much more substantial with our audience and with our..."

““Tegan and I have been able to form something much more substantial with our audience and with our art because we are out and comfortable,” argues Sara. They know a big part of their fanbase is young queer kids for whom being a Tegan and Sara fan is a key piece of their identity — and they fully accept being ambassadors for gay life. Back on the ground, after our time in the Tower, Tegan explains that she only fully understood the importance of her role after meeting the parents of a brood of six who’d driven 11 hours to bring their newly out teenaged daughter and her siblings to a show. After the girl explained how important Tegan and Sara were to her, the whole family became fans. The parents thanked Tegan through tears.”

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No Fear of Heights: Tegan and Sara Aim for the Top (Spin.com)

I am so excited for their new album!

(via malindalo)

Like malindalo, I am also wicked excited for this new album. In fact, I logged in promptly to ticketmaster at 10AM this morning to try to score tickets to their album launch show in Boston next weekend, but I failed, folks. I failed. I just couldn’t refresh and select and put that stupid blurry word code in fast enough to make it happen. Anybody got a couple of tickets they aren’t using for that show…?

"Each book is a new book. I’ve never written it before and I have to teach myself how to write it as..."

““Each book is a new book. I’ve never written it before and I have to teach myself how to write it as I go along. The fact that I’ve written books in the past seems to play no part in it. I always feel like a beginner and I’m continually running into the same difficulties, the same blocks, the same despairs. You make so many mistakes as a writer, cross out so many bad sentences and ideas, discard so many worthless pages, that finally what you learn is how stupid you are. It’s a humbling occupation.””

- Paul Auster (via theparisreview)

Haim’s excellent, excellent, snappy-poppy-HAPPYTASTIC...

Haim’s excellent, excellent, snappy-poppy-HAPPYTASTIC “Forever.” My fave vid of the week (no matter how late I am in coming to it).

fer1972:The Wall of Books by Anouk Kruithof

fer1972:

The Wall of Books by Anouk Kruithof

Trying this again, y’all: yesterday my friend, the...

Trying this again, y’all: yesterday my friend, the charming John Corey Whaley (2011’s Michael L. Printz AND William C. Morris Award winner for his fantastic novel Where Things Come Back) posted an interview with me about tMoCP and writing novels in general and favorite songs and a bunch of other stuff. These interviews with the current Morris noms (conducted by past winners) are kind of a grand tradition with the Morris folks—one I find wholly delightful. Thing is: that version of the interview from yesterday was wicked hard to read (tiny, tiny, squinty-making font). So, JCW posted another version in much larger font, and you can find it by clicking the image above. Or, you know, by clicking here: http://www.johncoreywhaley.com/2013/01/morris-award-finalist-interview-emily-m-danforth/

Everything about these paintings: yes...

Everything about these paintings: yes please.

fer1972:

Hyperrealistic Candy Paintings by Roberto Bernardi

thingsorganizedneatly:SUBMISSION: 8 Track Collection by Jim...

thingsorganizedneatly:

SUBMISSION: 8 Track Collection by Jim Golden

JOHN COREY WHALEY: Morris Award Finalist Interview: emily m. danforth

JOHN COREY WHALEY: Morris Award Finalist Interview: emily m. danforth:

So thrilled to have my friend John Corey Whaley—the 2011 Michael L. Printz AND William C. Morris Award winner (for his beautiful novel Where Thing Come Back)—interview me. (These interviews with nominees are a Morris Award tradition. And an excellent one, I think. I was thoroughly delighted to take part.)

johncoreywhaley:

The Miseducation of Cameron Post written by emily m. danforth, published by Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

The lowdown on tMoCP:

When 12-year-old Cam learns that her parents have died in a car accident, her first reaction is relief that they will…

“We’re going home with Jodie Foster.” Yes....

“We’re going home with Jodie Foster.” Yes. Done. Perfect. 

knowhomo:Queer Avoidance, Vocabulary, Euphemisms, and the...

knowhomo:

Queer Avoidance, Vocabulary, Euphemisms, and the Language of Lesbians

9 Ways the Early Twentieth-Century Newspaper

Reviewed Broadway Plays & Avoided Saying the “L” Word

“A Twisted Relationship” - New York Times, 1926
“A Warped Infatuation” - New York Times, 1926
“Tormenting Impulses” - World, 1926
“Bondage” - World, 1926
“The Poisonous Serpents Spell of Decadent Women” - Evening News, 1926
“A Cancerous Growth” - Daily News, 1926
“A Monstrous Sexual Perversion” - New York Evening Journal, 1934
“L—N” - New York Herald Tribune, 1934
“A Naughty Word” - New York Herald Tribune, 1934

16 (Ninetieth/Twentieth Century) Euphemisms for Lesbian Relationships

Smashes
Sentimental Friends
Special Friends
Romantic Friends
Two Hearts in Counsel
Love of Kindred Spirits
Boston Marriages
Urningin
Gynander
Viragint
Invert
Contrasexual
Androgne
Moderne
Roaring Girl
Female Adventurer

Lists From:

Richards, Dell. Lesbian Lists: A Look at Lesbian Culture, History, and Personalities. Boston: Alyson Publications, 1990