September 17th, 2009 / 10:18 am
Snippets
Snippets
Justin Taylor—
You know how I’m always going on about Joshua Cohen’s genius? Sure you do. “Oh he wrote something about Jews again,” “oh his books are awesome,” “oh he cooks the best Thai fish balls”–blah blah blah. Well here’s the proof everlasting, kids, as if you needed it. This is what it looks like when JC forwards you a Youtube video.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=518XP8prwZo
If one wanted to start reading Joshua Cohen, where’s the place to start?
If one wanted to start reading Joshua Cohen, where’s the place to start?
An oldie but a greatie.
And, yeah: Kyle’s question.
An oldie but a greatie.
And, yeah: Kyle’s question.
i’m totally on that jc bandwagon. if i praised his name any more, i’d be mute.
i’m totally on that jc bandwagon. if i praised his name any more, i’d be mute.
Kyle & Ken- You could begin with A Heaven of Others, which is the shortest and maybe the most intense, not that I’m asserting myself as a completist–I’m a partialist with aspirations and lots of enthusiasm. Anyway, Heaven is like a fever dream about a whirlwind–if that’s not too vague a description, which it almost certainly is. Cadenza for the Schneiderman Concerto is probably the most substantive, but I confess that my working-through it got waylaid by the start of the semester, so ask me again in a couple months, and I’ll maybe be all the way through. Small Anchor did a prose chapbook called Two Tribal Stories that’s pretty rad, and he has a short-short in Agriculture Reader #3. Another shortish project called–if I’m getting it right–“Bridge & Tunnel (& Tunnel & Bridge)” is going to be the next issue of The Cupboard Pamphlet. And the BEAST, the epic which will dwarf the formidable Schneiderman, is coming out this spring from Dalkey. Last time I asked, it was called Witz. There are some other books too, but for more about them check his website, Joshuacohen.org I think will get you there.
Kyle & Ken- You could begin with A Heaven of Others, which is the shortest and maybe the most intense, not that I’m asserting myself as a completist–I’m a partialist with aspirations and lots of enthusiasm. Anyway, Heaven is like a fever dream about a whirlwind–if that’s not too vague a description, which it almost certainly is. Cadenza for the Schneiderman Concerto is probably the most substantive, but I confess that my working-through it got waylaid by the start of the semester, so ask me again in a couple months, and I’ll maybe be all the way through. Small Anchor did a prose chapbook called Two Tribal Stories that’s pretty rad, and he has a short-short in Agriculture Reader #3. Another shortish project called–if I’m getting it right–“Bridge & Tunnel (& Tunnel & Bridge)” is going to be the next issue of The Cupboard Pamphlet. And the BEAST, the epic which will dwarf the formidable Schneiderman, is coming out this spring from Dalkey. Last time I asked, it was called Witz. There are some other books too, but for more about them check his website, Joshuacohen.org I think will get you there.
Count me in.
Count me in.
Yes.
Yes.
Listen, I’ve met Josh Cohen. I’ve emailed Josh Cohen.That person in the video is not Josh Cohen.
Listen, I’ve met Josh Cohen. I’ve emailed Josh Cohen.That person in the video is not Josh Cohen.
Schneidermann is one of my favorite novels of recent years. The excerpt in Harp and Altar from Two Great Russian Novels is also smashing and will get you some instant gratification. Snow… language… a helicopter.
Schneidermann is one of my favorite novels of recent years. The excerpt in Harp and Altar from Two Great Russian Novels is also smashing and will get you some instant gratification. Snow… language… a helicopter.