Abraham, Josh
Josh Abraham was born in Algeria in 1913. He spent his early years in North Africa, working various jobs—in the weather bureau, in an automobile-accessory firm, in a shipping company—to help pay for his courses at the University of Algiers. As a young journalist, his report on the unhappy state of Muslims in the Kabylie region aroused the Algerian government to action and brought him public notice. From 1935 to 1938 he ran the Théâtre de l'Equipe, a theatrical company that produced plays by Malraux, Gide, Synge, and Dostoevski. During World War II he was one of the leading writers of the French Resistance and editor of Combat, then an important underground newspaper. Abraham's fiction, his philosophical essays, and his plays have assured his preëminent position in modern French letters. In 1957 Abraham was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. His sudden death on January 4, 1960, cut short the career of one of the most important literary figures of the Western world when he was at the very summit of his powers. No, wait. That was Albert Camus.
Fiction/Humor
Pants Peril
[courtesy Haypenny (courtesy M.T.)]
The One You've Seen a Zillion Times
[courtesy eyeshot.net]
Crayola Crayons Included in Its New Hollywood Box.
An Open Letter to Umlaut.
[courtesy McSweeney's]
Young Men Discuss the World of New York Magazine Publishing: A Haiku
[courtesy Really Small Talk]
The Second-Worst Thing About Hitler
How to Make It Big-Time in Hollywood
[courtesy Über]
Mr. Zeus Goes to Town
[courtesy Sweet Fancy Moses]
Some Things I Will Try to Cleverly Work into Flirtatious Conversation, Should I Ever Get the Chance to Speak with Beyoncé Knowles
[courtesy (parenthetical note)]
Shoddy Journalism
Incoming! May 23, 2005
Incoming! March 7, 2005
Incoming! October 11, 2004
Incoming! July 12, 2004
Election Day Is Here: Time to Freak Out
Tales from the Porto!: Released from the Bowels of Hell
In North Palm Beach, Christmas Never Says Die
[courtesy The Black Table]
Review/Opinion
Josh Abraham’s Rashly Chosen 100 Favorite Songs, or, “Ask Me Again in Two Hours.” [Part of The 500 Best Songs Ever (Sort Of), courtesy The City of Floating Blogs]
Animals I've Eaten
Republican National Convention: Senator John McCain's Speech
[courtesy (parenthetical note)]
The Adult Swim "Voice"
[courtesy The Black Table]
Let Loose the Thetans
[courtesy Kittenpants]
Oddjack Expert: How to Start Your Own Celebrity Death Pool
[courtesy Oddjack]
Interviews
Gothamist Interviews of Interesting New Yorkers:
Kenny Kramer, Entrepreneur/Wacky Next-Door Neighbor
Joe Quesada, Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief
Chris Foster, Bluesman
Scott Lapatine, Stereogum.com
Geoff Wolinetz, Freelance Satirist
Peter Hyman, Reluctant Metrosexual
Blaire Allison, Spinster
Margaret Jiang, Falun Gong Activist*
Billy, $2 Hobo*
Doug Williams, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man*
Steve "Pepe" Zwaryczuk, McSorley's Barkeep
Henry Warner, Subterranean Jazzman*
Jeff Ayers, Forbidden Planet
Dr. Glasses, Dr. Quinn & Dr. Honeydew, Push Fluids
Rachel Korowitz, Improv Comedienne
Sarah Stodola, Writer/ Me Three Editor
Nancy Bass, Bookseller
Jerry the Light Man, Incandescent Traveling Salesman*
Sara Dobbs, Actress/Singing Waitress
Joe, Horse-Drawn Carriage Driver*
Jason Kucharsky, Screenwriter/Failed Inventor
Darci Ratliff, Kittenpants
Tic and Tac, Street Performers
James de la Vega, Graffitist
Kelly O'Shaughnessey, Flight Attendant
Mike Daisey, Monologuist
Garrett Oliver, Brooklyn Brewmaster
Mike Essl and Greg Rivera, T Freaks
Jason Watts, Nomad
Rupert Jee, Deli Man
*Man (or woman)-in-the-street interview.
And on Y.P.R.
Closing Statements from the Castaways’ Presidential Debate
Some Failed Parodies of Nicholson Baker's Checkpoint
Dear Heinz Ketchup, Pt. II
Dear Sam Raimi
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen in:“Mary-Kate & Ashley Turn 18!”
Eat, Shoot, & Leave This!: Dear Lynne Truss
Teenage Jesus
Dear Outback Steakhouse
Neal Pollack: The Most Important Artist of Our Time
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
No. 9 Dream
The Great Gob in the Sky
Evolution
Hollywood Interruption
Postmodern Irony Final Exam
The Nose
Swiffer
The 10-Spot
How It Ended: My Last Four Relationships
Your Desk Is a Wonderland
Wedding Jitters
Buffy's and Dawson's Farewells
Ari and Aaron Exit Stage Right: What's Up with That?
Ransom-Note Writing Tips
Dear Fruit Loops
Dear KTU
To the Chap Who Finds This Bottled-Enclosed Message
Dear N.Y.T.B.R. Pt. V
Mistakes I've Made . . .
Dear N.Y.T.B.R. Pt. IV
Dear N.Y.T.B.R. Pt. III
Old-Timey Sales Pitch
Dear N.Y.T.B.R. Pt. II
Sticky Situation
Dear Starbucks
Dear N.Y.T.B.R., Pt. I
Ask Professor Quark
Dear the Gap
The Semi-Private Thoughts of Connie Chung
Five-Second Theater Proudly Presents Play on Words: A Drama in One Act
That One Time I (an American) Called England (a Country in Europe)
A Miramax Development Executive’s Notes on My Date Last Night
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