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The folks over at the literary t-shirt company Novel-T are sponsoring a Literary St. Patrick’s Day Contest today. All you have to do is answer this riddle: “What’s green and can be found both in Yankee Stadium and the NY Public Library?” Email the company your answer. The 3rd, 17th, and 317th respondents with the correct answer will win a Novel-T shirt of their choice.
UPDATE: Include “Pot o’ Gold Riddle Answer” in the subject line of your email. To give you some inspiration, here are some links to St. Patrick’s Day-inspired literary criticism. The Daily Beast picks The Funniest Irish Novel Ever Written. True/Slant makes some Irish literature suggestions.
Barnes & Noble Review critiques the latest book by Irish novelist John Banville. Here’s an excerpt: “Banville has spoken of a clinging fantasy to enter a bookshop and, with an incantatory gesture, efface the print from inside of his books so he might revisit and better them. When Belinda McKeon raised this subject in a Paris Review interview he avowed, “Yes I hate them. I mean that. Nobody believes me, but it’s true.”
Follow this link to read more from GalleyCat Reviews.