April 16th, 2010 / 4:09 pm
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Woman William Vollmann

Vice publishes an excerpt of Vollmann’s latest nonfiction book, Kissing the Mask: Beauty, Understatement, and Femininity in Japanese Noh Theater. Damn.

Thanks to Gian, who today also on Vice published a story by Harriette Simpson Arnow.

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28 Comments

  1. stephen

      interesting (i was intrigued when i saw awhile back that he was doing this book—i understand he also digs japanese lit, such as mishima and the tale of genji). thanks, blake

  2. stephen

      interesting (i was intrigued when i saw awhile back that he was doing this book—i understand he also digs japanese lit, such as mishima and the tale of genji). thanks, blake

  3. BAC

      nice. would have posted sooner, but i had to rub one off.

      Hello, Ms. Vollman.

  4. BAC

      nice. would have posted sooner, but i had to rub one off.

      Hello, Ms. Vollman.

  5. The Pool Man

      That’s exactly what his sister would have looked like had she lived. No wonder he’s almost cracking a smile. Maybe he’s finally found the solution to that which haunts him.

  6. The Pool Man

      That’s exactly what his sister would have looked like had she lived. No wonder he’s almost cracking a smile. Maybe he’s finally found the solution to that which haunts him.

  7. Tom K

      That Vollman piece excerpt is easily one of the most astonishing pieces ive read in a long time. I haven’t read him before. I need to.
      ‘simply farther along the continuum’

      FUCK.

  8. Tom K

      That Vollman piece excerpt is easily one of the most astonishing pieces ive read in a long time. I haven’t read him before. I need to.
      ‘simply farther along the continuum’

      FUCK.

  9. People From Mars

      We here at Mars think Vollmann is great!

  10. People From Mars

      We here at Mars think Vollmann is great!

  11. People From Mars

      Here’s why we on Mars blelieve Gian is a fucking genius: “You have never heard of this woman. If you have, then me and you should be fucking. Butt-fucking.”

  12. People From Mars

      Here’s why we on Mars blelieve Gian is a fucking genius: “You have never heard of this woman. If you have, then me and you should be fucking. Butt-fucking.”

  13. Stu

      Vollmann is the woman.

  14. Stu

      Vollmann is the woman.

  15. Michael Hemmingson

      Reading the book now…

  16. Michael Hemmingson

      Reading the book now…

  17. lorian

      dear william vollmann, please go down on me and let me see that eye of yours in between my thighs.

  18. lorian

      dear william vollmann, please go down on me and let me see that eye of yours in between my thighs.

  19. justin

      i can’t stand william vollman

  20. justin

      i can’t stand william vollman

  21. stephen

      this seems incredibly mean. but it’s a free country.

  22. stephen

      this seems incredibly mean. but it’s a free country.

  23. anon

      Vollmann seems weird.

  24. anon

      Vollmann seems weird.

  25. reynard

      you can’t spell william vollmann

  26. reynard

      you can’t spell william vollmann

  27. demi-puppet

      Vollmann makes me feel like a very tiny man. I get anxious and self-loathing thinking what his work habits must be, how deeply in thrall to his own imagination he must be.

      I might as well admit, I will never be as good a writer as William Vollmann. Ever. Not even if I had like 100 lifetimes to his one.

      There. I feel better.

  28. demi-puppet

      Vollmann makes me feel like a very tiny man. I get anxious and self-loathing thinking what his work habits must be, how deeply in thrall to his own imagination he must be.

      I might as well admit, I will never be as good a writer as William Vollmann. Ever. Not even if I had like 100 lifetimes to his one.

      There. I feel better.