October 20th, 2009 / 3:52 pm
Snippets
Snippets
Amy McDaniel—
To continue the discussion of theory and creative writing, a little excerpt from a Lorrie Moore piece in NYRB about mid-century Latin American writer Clarice Lispector:
“In France she was viewed as a philosopher–and at times it does seem that calling her a novelist is a little like calling Plato a playwright–but when she attended a literary conference where her work was discussed in theoretical terms, Lispector left the panel early, saying later that not understanding a word that was being said about her own work made her so hungry that she had to go home and eat an entire chicken.”
that’s amazing! i know someone who’s writing a thesis on lispector, probably theory-based. cool.
that’s amazing! i know someone who’s writing a thesis on lispector, probably theory-based. cool.
haha. she is dope.
haha. she is dope.
I was at a lit conference in Louisville (they invited me to do a creative reading) and after my reading the audience of lit academics asked me question after theoretical question I could not understand. I kept saying, “I don’t understand your question.” The words were big and crazy and made my head go whoosh-whoop. I felt stupid. Finally, one young man scolded me; he said, “You are at a LITERATURE CONFERENCE!”
I said, “Yes, but you invited me as a writer.”
Anyway.
I was at a lit conference in Louisville (they invited me to do a creative reading) and after my reading the audience of lit academics asked me question after theoretical question I could not understand. I kept saying, “I don’t understand your question.” The words were big and crazy and made my head go whoosh-whoop. I felt stupid. Finally, one young man scolded me; he said, “You are at a LITERATURE CONFERENCE!”
I said, “Yes, but you invited me as a writer.”
Anyway.
hehe, nice. i like that the non-comprehension didn’t make Lispector mad, just…hungry. i want more of my cognitive states to register as hunger for poultry,
hehe, nice. i like that the non-comprehension didn’t make Lispector mad, just…hungry. i want more of my cognitive states to register as hunger for poultry,
Yes.
Yes.
the logic is flawless.
the logic is flawless.