Re: Book excerpts - "Hot, Fat, and Clouded"

512-560-2302

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Blake Eskin <Blake_Eskin@newyorker.com> wrote:

Barrett,

Thanks for your query. This doesnt sound right for us, but Ill let our books blog know about the forthcoming book. Good luck with it.

All best,

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Blake Eskin
Editor, newyorker.com

On 1/16/10 5:19 PM, "Barrett Brown" <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:

Blake-

I wanted to check and see if The New Yorker's web site might have use for an excerpt from my second book, Caught, Fat, and Clouded <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0982139144/ref=s9_simi_gw_s0_p14_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1Z0RYG59CYBZAVNP0E6T&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846> , which will be released in April and which concerns the manner in which our nation's most respected columnists - Thomas Friedman, Charles Krauthammer, and Richard Cohen, for instance - have gained and maintained their positions of prominence despite having made all sorts of failed predictions, contradicted themselves on rather important issues, and otherwise contributed to the general public misunderstanding. Friedman might be of particular relevance to you guys insomuch as that The New York Times is his home base and I understand that your publication has long been in the habit of covering topics related to New York. Just throwing that out there. New York.

As for me, I'm a regular contributor to Vanity Fair, The Huffington Post, Skeptic, and True/Slant, and my other work has appeared in dozens of additional publications. My first book, Flock of Dodos: Behind Modern Creationism, Intelligent Design, and the Easter Bunny, was released in 2007 to praise from Alan Dershowitz of Harvard Law School and Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone, among other kindly folks. I give the odd lecture on philosophy and other subjects at New York-area universities such as Rutgers and also serve as director of communications for the political action committee Enlighten the Vote, on behalf of which I occasionally go on Fox News to argue with strange-looking ministers <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s12Z9slWq3A> .

Let me know if you'd like to see the manuscript or perhaps a selection of potential excerpts.

Thanks,

Barrett Brown
Brooklyn, NY
512-560-2302

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