Forum / Nobody wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction!

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    Gone
    Apr 20, 12:57am

    Just in case you missed the announcement:

    http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2012/04/pulitzer-prize-fiction

    Needless to say, I was thrilled, but I was also surprised, since I never submitted an entry. I'm still waiting for the check. It's been a very long time, but the mail is very slow out here.

    That's not my picture at the head of the article, by the way. It's apparently one of the runner ups, David Foster Somebody-or-other. Why would they do that?

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    Lynn Beighley
    Apr 20, 02:50am

    I'm honored to say that I know the winner of the Pulitzer Prize in fiction personally. Truthfully, I can say that I know Nobody very well, and that Nobody is absolutely my favorite author. The best book ever written was written by Nobody. Truly, an accomplishment that I think only Nobody could manage.

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    Sally Jayne Heymann
    Apr 20, 02:59am

    Nobody knows the trouble I've seen. Nobody knows my sorrows.

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    Gone
    Apr 20, 03:19am

    If only I had a nickel for every time my name's been taken in vain:

    "Honey, who were you talking to on the phone just now?"
    "Nobody."

    "Baby, if I can't make you happy, who can?"
    "Nobody."

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    Gone
    Apr 20, 03:21am

    The expectations are burdensome at times.

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    Sally Jayne Heymann
    Apr 20, 03:31am

    I wish you would put up a picture of yourself. I really would like to see a picture of nobody.

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    Gone
    Apr 20, 02:14pm

    Sally, dear, why would anyone call him or herself Nobody and then post a picture so anyone could point them out in a crowd?

    Oh, no, no, no. I'd never have a moment's peace for all the mindless idolatry snd, my God, the paparazzi.

    "Oh! Look!"

    "Who's that?"

    "It's Nobody!"

    "Yaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!!"

    Bedlam, chaos. Who wants that?

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    Misti Rainwater-Lites
    Apr 20, 04:15pm

    Nobody, that's who.

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    Gone
    Apr 20, 04:22pm

    By the same token, it's often difficult when the trope becomes a giggle in a Mobius strip club.

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    James Bryan Cornelius
    Apr 21, 01:25am

    David Foster Wallace is not really dead.

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    Gone
    Apr 21, 03:45pm

    Would that it were so.

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    Gone
    Apr 24, 06:36pm

    Now that I'm no longer Nobody, I suppose I'll have to relinquish the prize. Oh, well. It's okay. They never sent me the check.

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