Re: Book excerpts - "Hot, Fat, and Clouded"
Subject: Re: Book excerpts - "Hot, Fat, and Clouded"
From: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>
Date: 3/17/10, 17:15
To: "Christopher S. Stewart" <cstewart@observer.com>

Chris-

Thanks again for having me in today; I'll get back to you soon when I've figured out which of our targets provides for the best pegs. 

I've got another piece on Thomas Friedman that just went up a few minutes ago on the politics section of Huffington Post, in case you're interested in the guy's general ridiculousness.

Thanks,

Barrett Brown
Brooklyn, NY
512-560-2302

On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
Heading over now, see you at 3.


On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Christopher S. Stewart <cstewart@observer.com> wrote:
See you then



On 3/15/10 2:30 PM, "Barrett Brown" <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:

Sure, three is fine.

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Christopher S. Stewart <cstewart@observer.com> wrote:
Yes. Can we actually say 3?



On 3/15/10 2:25 PM, "Barrett Brown" <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:

Absolutely. We're meeting at your office, correct?

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Christopher S. Stewart <cstewart@observer.com> wrote:
Hey. Just confirming Wed. 2, right?



On 3/10/10 11:18 AM, "Barrett Brown" <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:

Certainly. Let me know what day and time would be good for you; I should be wide open.

Thanks,

Barrett Brown
Brooklyn, NY
512-560-2302


On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Christopher S. Stewart <cstewart@observer.com> wrote:
Let’s talk. Maybe coffee next week?



On 3/9/10 9:38 PM, "Barrett Brown" <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi, Chris-

Thanks for getting back to me. 

We could go a couple ways with this. If by critic profile you mean a piece on a particular pundit, then certainly; I could do one on Friedman, Krauthammer, Richard Cohen, Peretz, Bennett, or a couple of other fellows I've been researching but didn't put into the book, such as Ruben Navarette. Let me know what you're thinking in terms of format.

Thanks again,

Barrett Brown
Brooklyn, NY
512-560-2302



On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Christopher S. Stewart <cstewart@observer.com> wrote:
Hey Barrett,

Thanks for sending this along. The subject looks intriguing. And it makes me wonder: are there any profiles that we could pull from it? Or maybe you’d be up to proposing a critic profile? I’m open to ideas.

Thanks,

Chris



From: Barrett Brown [mailto:barriticus@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 6:16 PM
To: Kyle Pope
Subject: Book excerpts - "Hot, Fat, and Clouded"

Hi, Kyle-

I wanted to check and see if you might be interested in taking a look at a few excerpts from my upcoming second book, Hot, Fat, and Clouded <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0982139144/ref=s9_simi_gw_s0_p14_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=center-2&amp;pf_rd_r=1Z0RYG59CYBZAVNP0E6T&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=470938631&amp;pf_rd_i=507846> , 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.

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 swell folks.

Let me know if you'd like to see a selection of excerpts for potential publication.

Thanks,

Barrett Brown

Brooklyn, NY

512-560-2302







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