by snarly | May 29, 2013 | Artistic apologies, Other Apologies
Ooh, a novel about an apology savant! By a Pulitzer nominee! Jonathan Dee’s s A Thousand Pardons opens with privileged Westchester couple Helen and Ben Armstead heading to couples therapy. Ben’s been increasingly disengaged and quiet, but he suddenly loses...
by snarly | May 16, 2013 | Artistic apologies
Here’s a 1956 letter from the Museum of Modern Art to Andy Warhol, saying “thanks but no thanks” to his donation of a drawing. “I regret that I must report to you that the Committee decided” not to accept the drawing is a perfectly...
by snarly | May 14, 2013 | Artistic apologies, Funny-on-Purpose Apologies, Non-Human Apologies
Friend of SorryWatch Joe Hobaica, our curator of cake content, received this dandy surprise birthday treat from his lovely wife Mattie. It was not chocolate. Mr. Hobaica acknowledges that in all probability Scout was not...
by snarly | Apr 25, 2013 | Artistic apologies, Historical Apologies
If you are a young American gentleman by the name of Nathan Hale, you could choose to emulate your namesake and get hanged by the British for spying, which would suck, or you could grow up to write and illustrate children’s history books, which is probably a...
by sumac | Apr 19, 2013 | Artistic apologies
A Kickstarter-funded comic featuring a gorgeous woman of color as a tough fighter for good! Drawing on shonen manga concepts, created by American manga/anime buffs! Unbeatable concept, right? Perfect crowd-funding project, right? Those buffs thought so. Under...
by sumac | Apr 9, 2013 | Artistic apologies
BY SPECIAL GUEST BLOGGER JONELLE PATRICK Early one morning at the end of January, Minami Minegishi – a popular 20-year-old member of the all-girl “idol” group AKB48 – is caught sneaking out of the apartment of her boyfriend (a member of all-boy...
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