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Novel-T "Jonathan Ames QUOTE Contest"

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Happy New Year! We're kicking off 2012 with an " AMES QUOTE CONTEST" to rally up some support for our second baseman, Jonathan Ames. The selected winner will receive 1 FREE AMES Novel-T. (pictured below) HOW TO ENTER: Please post on our facebook wall or Captain's Blog your favorite AMES "quote". Submissions can be a character quote from his show Bored to Death or a quote from one of his literary works. (Please reference who/what you are quoting)). Likes and comments on your submission will get special consideration. Contest ends Sunday, January 8th, at 11pm eastern time. Like many of...

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"Kurt's Vonnegut's Sign" by Charles J. Shields

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Announcing Novel-T's "This Is A Drawing Of A" Contest

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Here at the Novel-T league, every so often we like to involve our fans in our games. Introducing the "This is a drawing of a ..." Contest.  We're looking for the best drawing created in a style à la Vonnegut. Three winners will each receive a free Kurt Vonnegut or Kilgore Trout Novel-T of their choice, plus a copy of Charles J. Shields' wonderful new biography of Kurt Vonnegut, So It Goes (Henry Holt & Company). Here's how it goes: Post an original drawing of something to our Facebook page. Make it interesting and keep it simple, black on white. Include a very short...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson T-Shirt: Emerson on Giving Thanks, a Thanksgiving Post

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Our Ralph Waldo Emerson t-shirt celebrates a man who, if he said something on a topic, probably said it better than anyone else. Here's a quote of Emerson's about being thankful that we wanted to share. We first heard on one of our favorite radio programs, The Writers' Almanac: “Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.” What we could possibly add to that sentiment we don't know, except to wish you...

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Books and Beers Pairing Prize Winners Announced

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  This week we posted an article on our blog pairing books and beers.   Dogfish Head's brewmaster Sam Calagione was kind enough to give some suggestions, and we asked around the web for suggestions.  We're pleased to tell you about three of our favorite pairings, and we're awarding each of the three suggesters a free Novel-T:  #1: Posted by Jeff Stern Fullsteam’s Carver Sweet Potato Lager with Raymond Carver’s short fiction, Abita Turbo Dog with John Kennedy Toole’s A Confederacy of Dunces, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale with David Foster Wallace’s The Pale King and Rogue Dead Guy with Doug Dorst’s Alive in Necropolis. I...

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