How I Stumped Christian Lander Christian's talk about his extremely fast rise to quasi-fame and the
inspiration for his book was really interesting. He's a genuinely
hilarious person. The UMN Bookstore recorded it as a podcast, so
you listen to it if you're
interested (AAC).
He typically stays "in character" on the site, so I really enjoyed hearing
him talk about some of his experiences that backstop the SWPL
entires, as well as his more philosophical take on what the site is
trying to say.
After talking about that for a while, he did a reading. Since he'd just
done an interview with MPR, he read the entry on
Public
Radio.
This got me wondering about the conflict we're having between MPR and the
St. Paul LRT line. What happens when Public Radio conflicts with Public
Transportation That Is Not A Bus (#147)?
So, I asked that in the Q&A.
"Impossible! How could that happen? What?! Are they fighting buses? This
is not happening!" Then he put his head down for several seconds.
It was hilarious.
So anyway, he signed my book "Fuck NPR".
EPIC WIN!
I've been a fan of Stuff White People
Like ever since my friend Joey
linked to
it last February so when I saw that SWPL author Christian Lander was
coming to Minneapolis I decided to go (seriously, though, Christian, why
save MPLS for the third leg of the tour? This is, like, the whitest place
on earth).
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