Fenton Bailey says that, in his humble opinion [Ed. note: not so humble, trust us], Cintra Wilson is simply the most glittering writer alive on the planet today. First bursting into the international consciousness with her merciless deconstruction of the insanity, he says, she followed this initial sortie with the ur text of celebrity as disease, A Massive Swelling. Every word of hers has must-read stamped all over it. [Ed. note: Um, what about us, then, eh? Why don’t you get her to write your friggin’ blog, then? Don’t answer that.]

So he would like to point you in the direction of her serialized story, The Abounding Gutter, written especially for USA Today and already in its 5th installment. (Read it here)

And there’s her Oscar telecast coverage, as posted on Salon the other day:

Here in the pit of America’s deepest political malaise, We the People increasingly escape into the arts and entertainment to numb the pain of an increasingly nasty-looking future. We’re in a war we never wanted, our country is trillions in debt, and the economy is still sketchy, which, I guess, is why Oscar had to whore out his ass to PricewaterhouseCooper and be embuggered by accountants. (More)