Jailhouse rock
Posted by Lakshmi Chaudhry on August 19, 2005 at 12:08 PM.
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| Courtesy Women's Wear Daily |
Someone wants Jason Epstein's head -- and it is likely to be NYT honcho
Bill Keller, who has been doing his best to anoint Judith of the
Hamptons for early sainthood:
Jason
Epstein continues to find odd ways of showing support for his jailed
spouse, Judith Miller. The esteemed book publisher is currently telling
friends that his wife "is having the time of her life" in prison. ...
According
to a Wednesday report on Salon.com, Miller, .. "is holding up well, but
has had some stomach problems related to jail food, misses the Internet
and outside contact, and has had to withstand a constant stream of
hip-hop videos on the communal television sets."
Fifty Cents: cruel and unusual punishment for the Saks Fifth Avenue set. But what's that you say Mr. Keller:
Times
executive editor Bill Keller told The Los Angeles Times recently,
"Sadly, Judy is not on a fellowship at some writers' colony. She is in
JAIL. She is sleeping on a foam mattress on the floor, and her
communications are, shall we say, constrained."
But what's a little discomfort -- as in, say, sleeping on a FOAM MATTRESS -- in the pursuit of a good book deal:
[F]riends
of the couple said earlier reports of Miller's suffering in jail are
dated now that she's settled in at the Alexandria Detention Center in
Virginia. The hip-hop and bad food, coupled with a parade of important
visitors have, they said, made the experience a novel and interesting
one for her. Too, Miller is evidently enjoying all the attention she's
getting in the press and is likely to have her pick of book deals if
she emerges from the ordeal with her reputation intact. [LINK]
And
on that note, I'm retiring to bed in order to more fully contemplate
the unfairness of life, absence of god, and other related phenomena.
