March 25th, 2010 / 1:01 am
Author Spotlight
Amelia Gray
Author Spotlight
MOMMY ISSUES
The reward of relative fame for you as a writer is the ease with which others can casually diminish your life’s work. Which writer’s life obsession can’t be succinctly, correctly condensed into a single jealous phrase? This rotten fruit of your success lives forever.
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Tao Lin: “I’m bored.”
Tao Lin: “I’m bored.”
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the Bible: “Muhammad’s newer.”
the Bible: “Muhammad’s newer.”
Maybe a writer like Jim Shepard, so much of whose work is about parsing other people’s preoccupations, although maybe in that case, we could say it’s all about empathy. But that’s not a very satisfying word if you mean to wound with your jealousy, is it?: Mr. Empathy?
Maybe a writer like Jim Shepard, so much of whose work is about parsing other people’s preoccupations, although maybe in that case, we could say it’s all about empathy. But that’s not a very satisfying word if you mean to wound with your jealousy, is it?: Mr. Empathy?
Shakespeare?
Shakespeare?
“humanity and shit”
“humanity and shit”
I love Jim Shepard. He’s one of my favorite contemporary writers and I think you hit on exactly why. He’s parsing other people’s lives and obsessions. I don’t know anything about him from his stories (except that he’s obviously a history nut) and I love that I don’t know anything about him from his stories.
I love Jim Shepard. He’s one of my favorite contemporary writers and I think you hit on exactly why. He’s parsing other people’s lives and obsessions. I don’t know anything about him from his stories (except that he’s obviously a history nut) and I love that I don’t know anything about him from his stories.
Well, noting that I love a lot of Jim Shepard’s work too, if we are trying to be snarky and jealous sounding maybe:
“Hey, what would it be like to be this random person?”
Well, noting that I love a lot of Jim Shepard’s work too, if we are trying to be snarky and jealous sounding maybe:
“Hey, what would it be like to be this random person?”
Lol. That definitely is the Shorter Jim Shepard.
Lol. That definitely is the Shorter Jim Shepard.
i’ve actually been thinking about this a lot lately. can’t think of any exceptions. i can’t tell if it makes me sad or happy to realize.
haha
i’ve actually been thinking about this a lot lately. can’t think of any exceptions. i can’t tell if it makes me sad or happy to realize.
haha
Love + Hydrogen floored me. I came across it in High School and went – ‘This here.. This is The Thing.’
Love + Hydrogen floored me. I came across it in High School and went – ‘This here.. This is The Thing.’
FOR EVERY THREE STINKERS THERE ARE A THOUSAND HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHERS WHO WISH THEY COULD BE YOU
FOR EVERY THREE STINKERS THERE ARE A THOUSAND HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHERS WHO WISH THEY COULD BE YOU
“teen sex and old blood”
“teen sex and old blood”