Submit to: Esquire. David Granger, Editor. 300 W. 57th Street, New York, NY 10019
Theme: Beach Reading. ONLY male writers. Type: Short stories, essays, and articles (5,000 words MAX).
She wondered what that could be: beach reading for and by men only, and if Esquire would be able to tell if she sent them a story, (she pretending to be a he, a Bob perhaps) and if so, how? What phrase would give her away? What would she say that he would never even think, and esp. not write?
The real teachers and coaches may offer a charismatic model—they probably
have to—but then they insist that all the magic they have to offer is a
commitment to repetition and perseverance. The great oracles may enthrall,
but the really great teachers demystify. They make particle physics into a
series of diagrams that anyone can follow, football into a series of steps
that anyone can master, and art into a series of slides that anyone can
see. A guru gives us himself and then his system; a teacher gives us his
subject, and then ourselves.
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David Remnick, The Only Game in Town: Sportswriting from The New Yorker
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2 comments:
If you don't give them long paragraphs foaming with self-pity, they'll know you're a woman.
Whenever I see something like this, I want to get a fake mustache and try to infiltrate.
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