http://sararyan.com/2007/10/literary-events-portland-and-elsewhere/ Novelist, comics writer, and librarian based in Portland, Oregon. Wed, 23 May 2012 03:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://sararyan.com/2007/10/literary-events-portland-and-elsewhere/#comment-2467 Gabriel Boehmer Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:47:44 +0000 http://sararyan.com/2007/10/literary-events-portland-and-elsewhere/#comment-2467 It was really fun to watch the she-and-he brarians duke it out. Really, I suspect you and Kass thought that Define-A-Thon meant guessing word meanings for as long as humanly possibly. Next year, if Broadway Books lets me come back, my plan is to practice pronouncing the contest words ahead of time -- at lest all those longer than, say, two syllables. That alone should speed the game up by a day . For the record, I nailed "jipijapa" on the first try, although I had no idea it had anything to do with monocotyledonous perennials. Who knew? It was really fun to watch the she-and-he brarians duke it out. Really, I suspect you and Kass thought that Define-A-Thon meant guessing word meanings for as long as humanly possibly. Next year, if Broadway Books lets me come back, my plan is to practice pronouncing the contest words ahead of time — at lest all those longer than, say, two syllables. That alone should speed the game up by a day . For the record, I nailed “jipijapa” on the first try, although I had no idea it had anything to do with monocotyledonous perennials. Who knew?

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