He gave us Oprah, and she gave us the summer of Faulkner, so she counts as literary and chic. (Take that, Jonathan Franzen. Actually, I like his work, so no real snark intended.)
And yes, I stole this from TK. Stop, distracting me, man.
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A friend from law school, who coincidentally is the TA for my little sister’s Women’s Studies class, posted this rant somplace else, but she’s given me permission to paste it here as well. Fun reading!