

That’s when Levi Asher and I betrayed the litbloggers. Had my hand not rested upon his right shoulder, he would have bolted out of his chair and performed like a spastic mascot before the PEN America team. I urged Eric Rosenfield not to get too cocky about this, but the man was dripping boatloads of saliva. And we clawed our way up the mountain to a 15-13 shortfall. PEN America needed sixteen points to win. We then took control of the questions, and inched our way to within striking distance. It looked for a while that we wouldn’t stand a chance in hell of making a comeback. And it wasn’t too long before they jumped ahead of us by a good ten points. You could sense some common polarity here. And in most cases, we didn’t know every answer that they didn’t know. But they had the opportunity to respond first. But when our team fumbled an answer, PEN America took control of the literary trivia smackdown. Peter Alexander: An Unethical Mediore Gossipmonger Following in the Chuck Todd Tradition.For All Mankind is the Best Show on Television - Why Aren’t You Watching It?.

The House of Mirth (Modern Library #69).
