July 15th, 2012 / 2:42 pm
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Joshua Cohen’s Four New Messages

More info here. The book is good, very very good. Buy it.

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  1. July 15th, 2012 / 3:14 pm marshall mallicoat—

      that’s the guy from girls.

  2. July 15th, 2012 / 3:14 pm lily hoang—

      Astute.

  3. July 15th, 2012 / 3:35 pm marshall mallicoat—

      i feel confused by book trailers that are like “theatrical adaptions” of plots and characters from the book.

      to me, they still feel like trailers for MOVIES, not trailers for BOOKS. after i watch one i like, i want to watch the MOVIE that the trailer refers to. i don’t really feel particularly interested in the BOOK.

      but the movie doesn’t exist. it’s only a “virtual” or “imaginary” movie, or something.

      book trailers like this seems sort of “unseemly” and “counter-productive” to me. (this maybe has to do with the idea of a trailer being directly imported from the context of a movie to the context of a book. it doesn’t seem like the “natural” way to “promote” or “showcase” a book.)

      i really want to watch this movie about RICHARD MONOMIAN the DRUG DEALER played by that guy from girls, tho.

  4. July 15th, 2012 / 4:11 pm Bobby Dixon—
  5. July 15th, 2012 / 4:39 pm jonathan peter—

      I am too old.  And, if I am to be perfectly honest, afraid of what comes next. 

  6. July 15th, 2012 / 6:18 pm JAGABOND—

      Maybe you lack imagination… you can see the movie in your head by reading the book, right?

  7. July 15th, 2012 / 6:21 pm postitbreakup—

      i was so hoping that this meant my current hbo boyfriend adam driver was in the video

  8. July 15th, 2012 / 6:23 pm postitbreakup—

      people (god especially elem. school teachers) always say stuff like that; i guess maybe i’m not very visual or something but reading never makes me feel like i’m watching a movie unless i am confused by something and try to visualize it; usually reading is a lot more like listening to an audiobook 

  9. July 15th, 2012 / 6:32 pm JAGABOND—

      I don’t know. I just figured people have the ability to see what they want to see. Maybe that’s why my writing doesn’t really work for most people. I guess people don’t read the same way I read.

  10. July 15th, 2012 / 7:36 pm Tom Beshear—

      No worries — the video mainly depicts scenes from “Emission.” It shouldn’t spoil your enjoyment of the other three. 

  11. July 16th, 2012 / 5:51 am Craig Ronald Marchinkoski—

      snax. drug slang is embarrassing. 

  12. July 16th, 2012 / 9:49 am Adam Humphreys—

      Agreed.

      I like the book trailers where the author is just talking about the book and his or her world view. 

  13. July 16th, 2012 / 10:55 pm Don—

      Joshua Cohen is a great writer – very excited for this!

  14. July 16th, 2012 / 11:05 pm kjtuyy—

      nope

  15. July 17th, 2012 / 6:19 pm Richard Grayson—

       I think he’s so good a writer he doesn’t need book trailers, but then I’ve got one foot in the columbarium, and if this gets him more younger readers, good.

  16. July 17th, 2012 / 6:50 pm Don—

      I know what you mean. I wasn’t able to finish the trailer, but I don’t think it’s for me. Anyone who has read a book by Cohen is going to buy this, and I hope the trailer gets him some new readers.