The Finals are Set: Battle of the Reviews!
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The Finals are set: The Georgia Review vs. The Paris Review. The voting has been extended to midnight Monday April9th. Please vote for the finals in the comments section on this page. You don’t have to be as witty as last time. (We expect a much lower scoring game.)
Our scoring system is simple. Each vote equals 2 points. No 3-pointers.
Semis recaps:
Despite Ecotone’s overwhelming homecourt advantage, the Georgia Review proved unstoppable. After making it a game with a late rally, Ecotone’s Cinderella season came to an end, buried under a barrage of Georgia threes.
In the other bracket, The Paris Review steamrolled into the finals. There is some arrogance in tradition (many voters, for instance, put the word “duh” after their votes for TPR), but in this case the arrogance was well-founded. A classic performance that hints at a continued dynasty.
For lovers of the Paris Review (and as we have discovered, they are legion), we have a special treat planned for later next week. It turns out that the staff archivist here at Bill and Dave’s has unearthed some rare footage of the time, previously known only through myth and rumor, when Paris Review Founding editor George Plimpton played Ecotone Founding Editor David Gessner in a game of one-on-one. Say tuned!
Also, please read Bill’s Memories of the Sweet Sixteen.…such a close call for Tin House….
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Finally, in fairness to the Oxford American, which is one of my favorite mags, both TGR and TPR rallied their fans on blogs.
In their post, The Paris Review wrote:
Dear readers,
This is a matter of honor. If you love and believe in The Paris Review, now is the time to show what our fans are made of. We are currently in the Final Four of the Bill and Dave’s Cocktail Hour Tournament of Literary Magazines.
Meanwhile in the AthensPatch, Rebecca McCarthy wrote:
Listen up, Bulldog Nation:
Turns out the University of Georgia does have a contender in the Final Four after all.
The Final Four of Literary Magazines.
Yep, under the boards, the Georgia Review has ruled, bruising and battering opponents right and left. If you’ve ever seen editor Stephen Corey crush a treadmill at the Athens YMCA, you’ve seen raw power.
The Final Four is held by Bill and Dave’s Cocktail Hour, an online site about all things literary, large and small. You have to comment on why the Georgia Review rocks in order to have your vote count.
So, you might ask, who is the Review facing?
A puny weakling. A nothing, we hope. Who is it? North Carolina-based Ecotones, unfortunately rumored to have a staff member who can pump in the commas as fast as Jeremy Lin can hit three-pointers.
The other contenders are The Paris Review and another Southern literary magazine, the risen-from-the-grave Oxford American.
Don’t worry. The Review can handle them.
Go, Dawgs!
Paris Review
Paris Review.
Rally ’round Southerners and proclaim your love for the Georgia Review — let’s prove we know how to read and write…..and edit!
The Georgia Review is an outside shooting team, with the Big Man, Stephen “the crusher” Corey going to the boards as much as Faulkner went to the liquor cabinet.
The “Paris” Review? Why the faux name, boys?
We blow our noses in your general direction.
Go, Georgia Review! Got to have the Mo to Get the O!
The Georgia Review!
The laurels go to Georgia Review.
Georgia Review
Georgia Review please!
Georgia Review
GRANTA is the BEST and has a wider circulation than both of these wannabies.
GRANTA?
What a bunch of pansies, always calling fouls and looking for the referee.
They ain’t in the Big Leagues. Can’t rebound, or run-and-gun.
The Georgia Review
Georgia Review for sure
The Paris Review!
Paris Review!
Paris review
THE PARIS REVIEW again and again
The Paris Review. That’s my vote.
VOUS ETES TROP STUPIDE MONSIEUR STEIN
the Paris Review
Love em both, but gotta go with the Paris Review.
Paris Review
The Paris Review!!!
The Paris Review hands down!
The Gawja Review!
TPR!!
The Paris Review.
Georgia Review
Paris review
Paris Review!
Georgia Review. I met George Plimpton and he was…
Georgia Review.
I’m such a long-time Paris Review fan and subscriber (I’ve saved every ish since 1985), that I’m going to say: Paris Review all the way!
Georgia Review!
GA review all the way!!!
Georgia Review!!
The Georgia Review!
Paris Review!!!
Frederick Seidel and the Paris Review!
Paris Review!
The Georgia Review!! Just the best!
The Georgia Review!!
It’s older, and it’s from the South.
Two Points!
The Paris Review, with a dunk
All right, it’s time for a full court press from The Georgia Review. The Spring 2012 issue was a little slow getting out of the printer’s door, but the wheels are rolling and bringing a rich selection of “two-fers” from our finest writers to our finest readers. We even have a former Bulldawgs cheerleader in this issue–Pulitzer Prize-winner Natasha Trethewey.
Georgia Review
The Georgia Review!
Paris Review. All the way!!!
The Paris Review!
TPR!
Paris Review!!
The Paris Review, for sure!
Staying true to the heart of the Paris Review! Sorry, Georgians.
The Georgia Review, please and thank you.
Paris Review!