Ask Me Anything

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 30, 2012

This Monday, September 3, 2012, at 9:00 PM (eastern time), I am going to answer questions online. You should start posting them right now on VYou (by clicking here). I will answer all of your questions I, especially the dumb and aggressively obnoxious ones. So start your Labor Day weekend by asking me a question. […]

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How Much is That Book Review in the Window?

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 28, 2012

A big kerfuffle after the New York Times published a story about a guy doing what every one in the world had to suspect at some point that every one was actually doing all along: he was paid to write reviews for books on Amazon. And some very big writers at Amazon were part of […]

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Books Need to Get Bookier

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 26, 2012

Look at these things. They are gorgeous. I would never have read….no, that’s not true. I would have read them in any form imaginable.  A Joseph Conrad novella (that I’d never read, from a series from Melville House that I’d never heard of) and F. Scott on booze! I found them at my neighbourhood bookstore, […]

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Think Before You Press Send

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 19, 2012

A lot has been written about the state of writing. Or, more specifically, about the state of the business of writing. Meaning the publishing industry. I’m not going to write about that here. I’ve been posting interesting stats and reports and blogs on my Facebook page (which you are free to visit and “like” in […]

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By Arjun Basu | Published: August 11, 2012

He brushes his teeth, regretting last night. He remembers thinking, I have children, and he brushes harder, until his mouth is full of blood.

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T 5865

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 11, 2012

She watches him take photos of his meal. It’ll get cold, she complains, but he doesn’t hear, because this fish is good looking. Sexy almost.

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T 5864

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 11, 2012

He’s a moron in love with sausage jokes and he’s sitting behind me at this diner. I’ve imagined his death a million ways. A million and one.

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By Arjun Basu | Published: August 11, 2012

She serves me and I say, That’s not a martini, and she says, You’re so judgemental, and she hovers over me, judging, and I wither up and die.

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By Arjun Basu | Published: August 11, 2012

I used to be in a band, he says and she notes he still looks like he might be, and feels sorry, so she buys him a drink and then she laughs.

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By Arjun Basu | Published: August 11, 2012

She asked me for a coffee and I said, I have to do everything. She laughed until she realized I was being serious. She left and I got bored.

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