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Now! Thursday July 28th/Friday 29th: Tracy on BBC-5's Up All Night 9:30 pm Eastern USA/2:30 am GMT with Dr. Petra and Dotun Read an excerpt |
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| Wednesday, August 27, 2003 "Quote" of the Day "That whole 'top/bottom' thing doesn't really do it for me since I can never take sex that seriously." -- Julian Marlowe Check out Julian's new paint job! http://members.shaw.ca/marlowe/photos/aug2003/livingroom2.jpg http://members.shaw.ca/marlowe/photos/aug2003/livingroom.jpg Tuesday, August 26, 2003 "Quote of the Day" I do smell a rat when the person in charge of popular culture has yet to figure out that "golden nuggets", this century, refers almost exclusively to reconstituted chicken with a batter finish. -- Zoe Williams, "No more nuggets" http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1029149,00.html Wednesday, August 20, 2003 In my mailbox tonight... The war takes its toll on sex workers' rights advocacy. Paulo Longo of the NSWP (Network of Sex Work Projects) wrote to tell me about Dr. Sergio Vieira de Mello, High Comissioner for Human Rights of the United Nations, who died in the bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad: "As he was Brazilian, I had the opportunity to talk to him several times and he always expressed his total support to the sex workers' movement. Some of us had the opportunity to interact with Vieira de Mello in Vienna... Human Rights movement in general lost a great person." The Guardian reports on Mello's death: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1022200,00.html In the Guardian, a UN spokesman said that Mello "was really the man who could have helped bring about an end to the occupation." And Brazil last night declared three days of national mourning in honour of Mello. Tuesday, August 12, 2003 If You're an Anglophone in Paris Sabine writes to tell me that she found Diary (in English -- not French) at: LIBRAIRIE GIBERT JOSEPH 26, boulevard Saint-Michel 75006 PARIS Telephone: 01 44 41 88 88 ... where they have a department dedicated to foreign books. Monday, August 11, 2003 Nancy Chan in Malaysia To order my book in Malaysia, try BookWeb Malaysia http://bookweb.kinokuniya.co.jp/indexohb.cgi?AREA=05 If you're in Kuala Lumpur, go to... Kinokuniya Lot 406-408 & 429 & 430 Level 4, Suria KLCC Kuala Lumpur City Center 50088, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Telephone: 3-2164-8133 In Australia Kinokuniya is a truly international bookseller. It turns out that Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl is available in paperback at Kinokuniya Books in Sydney, too. Here's the address: Kinokuniya, Shop RP2.02, The Galeries Victoria, 500 George Street, Sydney, NSW 2000 Australia Telephone: 02-9262-7996 You can also order it online from BookWeb Australia: http://bookweb.kinokuniya.co.jp/indexohb.cgi?AREA=06 Sunday, August 10, 2003 From Singapore Thanks to Fonda's delightful and engaging emails, I just found out that "Diary" is available at: Kinokuniya Books 391 Orchard Rd 03-09/15 Ngee Ann City Singapore 238872 Phone no: (65) 67375021 It's also on sale at the Kinokuniya in Bugis Junction and Liang Court. Check out their website for location: http://www.kinokuniya.com.sg/ Ordering in Asia on the Web Try BookWeb Singapore: https://bookweb.kinokuniya.co.jp/indexohb.cgi?AREA=04 Friday, August 08, 2003 People have been asking: "How can I order a signed copy of Diary if there are no autographed copies in my local bookstore?" The solution: St. Marks Books will ship signed copies anywhere in the world. They take credit card payments, and they can take your order via email: stmarksbooks@mindspring.com Or by phone: 001 (212) 260-7853 (until midnight Eastern USA Time 7 days a week) You can only order a signed book by phone or email -- don't try to order it on the website itself... That will yield a book from the warehouse and all the signed copies are in the store. Monday, August 04, 2003 Noted w/ Pleasure... "Just as the greatest romantics are those who have no one to kiss, so the greatest travellers tend to spring from the most hideous, deformed regions of the earth." Alain de Botton's essay in the Monday Guardian about "Brits abroad" touches on larger questions, not just the question of the travelling Brit. I have long believed that "vacations" per se are contrived, problematic nonsense. It's always nice to have one's belief confirmed by a wise and witty source. http://travel.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,7445,1011761,00.html Sunday, August 03, 2003 "Ich bin ein ..." (or should that be eine) Berlin Journalist! In today's edition of Tagesspiegel, the weekend section: Meine Mutter hatte Recht Wie lebt eine Schriftstellerin? Wie ein Callgirl? Und wie eine, die sich in beiden Welten auskennt? Fragen wir eine Expertin. /Von Tracy Quan You can read the entire piece... http://www.tagesspiegel.de/sonntag/index.asp?gotos=http://archiv.tagesspiegel.de/toolbox_po.php?ran=on&url=http://archiv.tagesspiegel.de/archiv/03.08.2003/679092.asp#art |
