Monthly Archives: February 2011

Posted February 27, 2011 on julesbentley.com

3 humor articles in the Pro Wrestling Torch

I am a longtime pro wrestling fanatic; it's one of my few commonalities with Kingsley Amis. A number of "dirt sheets" cover this sport, but few are venerable or well-regarded as Wade Keller's Pro Wrestling Torch. Its publication dates back … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted February 26, 2011 on julesbentley.com

New Orleans: No Lifeguard on Duty

Early drafts of this essay have been drifting around the internet for a couple weeks, posted by other people, but here's the finished version. This is the piece I wrote, originally at the request of Slingshot, concerning December 2010's spate … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted February 15, 2011 on julesbentley.com

Decadence and reading pleasure

Welcome; we're up and waddling. I feel I should enjoy the French Decadent writers more than I do. What a fucking chore so many are to read: long lists, dusty discursions, over-striving authorial voices. The usual tone is righteous hauteur, … Read the rest of this entry →

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