THE ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND ALEX? Michael Chabon, John Grisham, Stephen King, genius Jonathan Lethem, David Eggers and a list of other authors are auctioning off the right to have your name appear in their upcoming books. Proceeds from the auction go to First Amendment Project, which is "a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and promoting freedom of information, expression, and petition. Ironically, Eggers, whose auction is currently fetching just $1026 or about a ninth of what Grisham is going for, includes this caveat in his auction: "The name/s have to be tasteful and be undisruptive to the narrative. I reserve the right to refuse using a name I find offensive." For you would be bidders, Daniel Radosh has drawn up a list of potentially offensive names including Jewy Fagboy, I.P. Freely, and Neal Pollack.
Should anybody wish to have their name included in an upcoming blog post, please begin the bidding in the comments. Proceeds will go toward my phone bill.
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