Comments on: Collected Fictions of Gordon Lish

By: Ras: Good Reads, Cool Views

Ras: Good Reads, Cool Views — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:20:28 +0000

[...] is telling. They’re “partly true, partly untrue,” as Lish says in the five-minute video commercial for the book – which is apparently not a parody of a macho writer in winter gassing on. HTML [...]

By: Spirithorse

Spirithorse — Thu, 06 May 2010 22:00:40 +0000

Comparison of writers as a “new form” is a form of reduction, and the main form against which their very sentences were constructed to withstand.

By: Spirithorse

Spirithorse — Thu, 06 May 2010 22:00:00 +0000

Comparison of writers as a “new form” is a form of reduction, and the main form against which their very sentences were constructed to withstand.

By: Spirithorse

Spirithorse — Thu, 06 May 2010 21:56:39 +0000

This is the smartest thing anyone has yet said. Agreed. And Pancake is our Pancake.

By: Spirithorse

Spirithorse — Thu, 06 May 2010 21:56:00 +0000

This is the smartest thing anyone has yet said. Agreed. And Pancake is our Pancake.

By: justin

justin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:02:54 +0000

not to sound dumb, but is that really lish in the video?

By: justin

justin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:02:00 +0000

not to sound dumb, but is that really lish in the video?

By: I. Fontana

I. Fontana — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:39:07 +0000

“Extravaganza,” as far as I know, is his best. By some distance perhaps.

By: I. Fontana

I. Fontana — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:39:00 +0000

“Extravaganza,” as far as I know, is his best. By some distance perhaps.

By: ael

ael — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:25:28 +0000

How does that sell Gordo’s book?

Will buy the ebook for this as soon as it’s available. I’ve spent too much time away from Lish’s head.