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Kevin Guilfoile

Writer and political satirist Kevin Guilfoile answers five questions, laughing at the Coen Brothers, Tenacious D, and Pantone 3135 uncoated.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Rosecrans Baldwin
Rosecrans Baldwin is a founding editor of The Morning News. His first novel, You Lost Me There, is forthcoming from Riverhead Books (August 2010). He most recently wrote the Letters from Paris column for TMN. Someday his ashes will be tossed off Mount Desert Island. You can catch him on Twitter or find more on his web site.
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Site: My First Presidentiary

DOB: 16 July, 1968

What do you do:
Creative Director at Coudal Partners; freelance writer.

Favorite book:
The Moviegoer by Walker Percy; London Fields by Martin Amis; Without Feathers by Woody Allen.

Heroes:
There used to be a glib answer here, which hardly seems appropriate anymore.

What makes you laugh:
The Coen Brothers, Tenacious D, my wife, and Pantone 3135 uncoated (which is weird because 3135 coated isn’t funny at all).

Charity worth giving to:
New York State World Trade Center Relief Fund

Five words that sound good:
Melodious, euphonious, mellifluent, sonorous, dulcet.
—Published October 5, 2001