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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: irony

irony stories: 4 news summaries
Book Review

New Critique
of Snark Misses the Point

Denby blames the hecklers, fails to see what they're heckling

Dec 31, 08 8:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Give David Denby credit for bravery: He's 65 and the movie critic at the New Yorker, so he “could have written the most concise, insightful, and expertly argued book about snark and still come off like an Internet-age Andy Rooney,” writes Adam Sternbergh of New York ... More »

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irony • book reviews • David Denby

Irony Is Dead Again? Gee Thanks, Obama

Joan Didion disses hopeful trend, but ironists keep the flame

Nov 22, 08 10:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s America is an “irony-free zone” where “naïveté translated into ‘hope,’” writer Joan Didion groused after the election. But not all ironists agree: P.J. O’Rourke, for one, wrote that he hopes it's not too early to talk about Obama's "... More »

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Barack Obama • comedy • irony

Tehran's Top Cop Nabbed
in Brothel

Man charged with 'moralizing' Iran capital caught with prostitutes

Mar 12, 08 4:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - The man in charge of "moralizing" Iran's capital city is out of a job after being arrested during a raid on a Tehran brothel, Ynetnews reports. Police chief Reza Zarei, who had led crackdowns on women who disobeyed strict Islamic dress codes, was caught naked with six prostitutes in... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Islamic Sharia law • irony • Muslim women • brothel • Reza Zarei • Farda News

Surrealist Simic Named Poet Laureate

15th national bard known for his dark humor and irony

Aug 2, 07 12:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Charles Simic, a surrealist poet whose style gleams with dark imagery and ironic humor, will be named the United States' 15th poet laureate today. The 69-year-old, who replaces fellow New Hampshirite Donald Hall, has published more than 20 volumes of poetry as well as essay collections, translations and a memoir. More »

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literature • Pulitzer Prize • humor • America • Charles Simic • poet laureate • poetry • irony • creative writing • Yugoslavia • Library of Congress

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