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An A-Z Look at Urban Dictionary's Literary Lexicon
An A-Z Look at Urban Dictionary's Literary Lexicon
By BBP Intern
February 28, 2013

Calling all fictionsexuals and bibliosexuals! Here's an alphabetical list of literary terms we bet even you weren't familiar with, culled from the geeky and disturbed pages of Urban Dictionary.

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The Intrepid Intern: Ke$ha Song or e.e. cummings Poem?
The Intrepid Intern: Ke$ha Song or e.e. cummings Poem?
By BBP Intern
January 18, 2013

Once more, we sent our intern out into the world with only a clipboard and pen to confront the people of New York City.  This week we saw they can tell the difference between a line of one e.e. cummings and Ke$ha. The two might just have more in common than you think.

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The Drunken Dead Authors' Chick Lit Book Club, Pt. 1: Bridget Jones's Diary
The Drunken Dead Authors' Chick Lit Book Club, Pt. 1: Bridget Jones's Diary
By Manjula Martin
January 02, 2013

When Black Balloon assigned me to revisit the genre of chick lit through the lens of modern authors, one of my editors said, “Tell her to drink a lot of wine.” Never one to ignore editorial direction, that’s what I did. Then I invited Dorothy Parker, Gertrude Stein, and e.e. cummings to help me out with my review.

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