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July 21, 2008And now, for some of the high-quality literary news you come here for: Britain's Telegraph, (via ArtsJournal), reports on the trend of literary tattoos. Pulling from the literary tattoo Web site Contrariwise ... (all you English majors out there, pause to reflect on the fact that there is now such a thing as a "literary tattoo Web site," and ponder this exciting new career option) ... the Telegraph offers page after page of people who have literature-inspired designs or passages that did, actually, get under their skin. I desperately want to hear your thoughts on this subject. Do you have a book-related tattoo? Would you consider one? Would it count as "literary" if I got the bar code from my library card tattooed on my forearm, so I never have to pay the fee for a lost card again? And although I can respect some of this body art, particularly the woman who put Kurt Vonnegut's "asterisk" on her back, would you agree that there are some books you just do NOT want to see tattooed on a person heading your way? My nominees: -- Lolita, especially if he's asking my daughter for a date. -- In Cold Blood, Helter Skelter or anything by Stephen King, because ... just because. -- Any memoir, because aren't we all tired of memoirs?  Comments (1) Leave comment
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