Sentences with phrase «wired bullshit detectors»

While writers» workshops are a dime a dozen, the prestige comes from membership in an exclusive club, from having a chance at seeing how «the sausage is made in literary America,» said participant Michael Bourne in an article for The Millions: «What Bread Loaf offers is not just the opportunity to rub shoulders with eminent authors and publishing worthies, but a chance to do so at a time and place when their usually trip - wired bullshit detectors are disarmed.»