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Do you know Tolstoy’s “Three Hermits”? You should.
A Joshua Cohen double-shot– Reviewing Gilbert Sorrentino’s The Abyss of Human Illusion for Bookforum; and at Tablet:
And now it’s Rumpus Double-up Interview Sex Time- for Recession Sex Workers #8, Stephen Elliott interviews Antonia Crane; and Steve Almond interviews his former student Jason Mulgrew.
This Santa Fe Institute economist claims that 1 in 4 Americans is employed guarding the wealth of the rich.
Joanna Scott on J.M. Coetzee at The Nation, because hey why not?
And now, in what I’m more or less convinced will be officially known as NYTea Time: Will Blythe likes Bolano’s Monsieur Pain; Joel Brouwer goes high-low on the new Tony Hoagland; Geoff Dyer is unimpressed by the new DeLillo (this seems to be the general trend of opinion, but I still want to see for myself; also, in the opening lines of the review, Dyer sketches his view of the best and worst DeLillo; to the extent that my two favorite DeLillo books (Mao II and Cosmopolis) are the ones he thinks are the worst, may be safe to say our tastes may diverge); Deborah Solomon talks to Douglas Coupland about Vancouver; and Francine du Plessix Gray on the new Amy Bloom collection, Where the God of Love Hangs Out. She likes it quite a bit–no surprise there. I’ve never heard a cross word said about Amy Bloom, who seems to be one of the highest-regarded contemporary writers I’ve never quite gotten around to reading. There’s a copy of her book Come to Me that I can see on my shelf from where I’m sitting. Tell me friends, is it high time?
Tags: Amy Bloom, Antonia Crane, Heimrad Backer, Joshua Cohen, Three Hermits
I’m Mexican and I like Hoagland. Kinda.
I’m Mexican and I like Hoagland. Kinda.
You also should read Chekhovs short story “A story without a title”.
You also should read Chekhovs short story “A story without a title”.
Like the Olympics shout-out.
Like the Olympics shout-out.
you have good taste, white guy.
you have good taste, white guy.
“Away” is incredibly boring. Don’t waste your time.
“Away” is incredibly boring. Don’t waste your time.
Point Omega is the bomb, as the kids used to say, and probably don’t anymore.
Point Omega is the bomb, as the kids used to say, and probably don’t anymore.
I read Three Hermits five or six years ago; thanks for the reminder! Such a great parable.
I read Three Hermits five or six years ago; thanks for the reminder! Such a great parable.
they don/t come any whiter than geoff dyer. he doesn’t understand that the repetition is on purpose. delillo is quoting himself on purpose. because that/s what happens inside the mind of an old person. they repeat what they say all the time. this is the omega point. when consciousness only refers to itself. this is what getting closer to death is like. delillo is trying to share something with dyer but dyer doesn’t want it. because it/s the truth according to don delillo. and you could do a lot worse than listen to delillo. you could listen to geoff dyer.
they don/t come any whiter than geoff dyer. he doesn’t understand that the repetition is on purpose. delillo is quoting himself on purpose. because that/s what happens inside the mind of an old person. they repeat what they say all the time. this is the omega point. when consciousness only refers to itself. this is what getting closer to death is like. delillo is trying to share something with dyer but dyer doesn’t want it. because it/s the truth according to don delillo. and you could do a lot worse than listen to delillo. you could listen to geoff dyer.
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thanks for the essay on coetzee, justin. read a couple of his books but need to get more into him. ditto saramago.
thanks for the essay on coetzee, justin. read a couple of his books but need to get more into him. ditto saramago.