con-Bush verse
In a book you can carry
In your purse.
It's funny and smart
With the usual bite.
Calvin's voice is soft,
But his words hold might!
He was on Today
And The Daily Show,
But Comedy Central
is just a bit slow
Updating their site.
So you'll see Campbell Brown
Not my man, Jon Stewa't
Talking to Calvin...
Where's my cadence?
I think I blew it.
Ok, doggerel might be the word of the day (now I'm sounding like Stephen Colbert [also from Comedy Central, and also very funny]), but you really should pick up a copy of Calvin Trillin's newest Bush-whacking book, A Heckuva Job: More of the Bush Administration in Rhyme, which follows Obviously On He Sails: The Bush Administration in Rhyme.
Both those books, and more Calvin Trillin can be found at your neighborhood, independent bookstore. If you're in the Boston area, call Brookline Booksmith to see if they still have some signed copies from Calvin's visit! You could even check that out when you go there tonight to see Louis Bayard read from his newest novel!
Thursday June 22 7PMLOUIS BAYARD – The Pale Blue Eye
When a detective is sent to West Point to investigate murder and mutilation among the ranks, you've got an interesting story. But when cadet Edgar Allen Poe is assigned to help him as an inside source, you know something weird is going to happen. Louis brilliantly fictionalizes Poe's short time at West Point in a story of intrigue, dark forces, and, inevitably, a beating human heart.
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