Haut or not
Haut or Not: 3 balls in a sack
Ravi Mangla
Thing Things They Carried: all the crap on the floor because there wasn’t a table. Catch-22: there’s no table and all the books are on the floor. A Farewell to Arms: how about a farewell to crap on the floor? Independence Day: forget about pastoral America, first get your shit off the floor Ravi. The Tipping Point: it don’t matter if anything tips over cuz everything is already on the god damn floor. Introducing Derrida: are you serious Ravi? You actually care about post-structuralist linguistic theory? Dude, here’s a pre-structuralist theory: If Ravi gets his ASS to IKEA and gets himself a fucking table, he can put his lame shit books on it one day and not be such a carpet whore.
Rating: Not
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Mike Kitchell
Mike sent in a gigantic pic of a gigantic bookshelf whose books were all, like, ‘extremely intense’ in that PhD awful existence kind of way. Though the cropped portion (you’re seeing about 1/10th of his collection) was the most offensive, trust me when I say his entire collection (enough to cover a wall) had the same ‘head-fuckness’ to it. I’m all for an occasional dose of theory but man, can you imagine trying to have a beer with this guy?
“Mmm…nice hops.”
“The medium is the message — if by ‘hops’ you, as the author and co-conspirator of these words, mean the semiotics which represent (or more accurately re-present) the post-colonial ideals of ‘exotic spices’ merely propagated by your semantic shell of a being.
“Bro.”
I didn’t know Derrida (who is so obvious I call him Derri-duh) was the rage all of the sudden. It’s ironic how the post-structuralists said, basically, there was no ‘absolute’ — how everything was a semantic construct — and that that was…um…the absolute. They relied on the very medium (language) which they attempted to usurp in order to convey its critique. Ironic, or just French? Mike, let’s grab a beer, not the words which form the construct of ‘let’s grab a beer.’
Rating: Not.
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David Peak
There’s a certain ‘best of’ feeling to this, like David is more interested in having read an author’s ‘most notable work’ than her/his oeuvre. There’s a fickleness towards the authors that concerns me; it’s like Joyce’s Dublin and Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County are incomplete. David Peak reads like a tourist, without curiosity. Tossed in are some sorta kitschy ‘nerd’ paperbacks. Man, I didn’t know the french fruitcakes were so in all of the sudden. And then there’s the lovable ‘magical realist fiction’ anthology. One can imagine Italo Calvino snuggled comfortably in there. Mmm…If on a winter’s night a tourist…
Rating: Not
Tags: david peak, Mike Kitchell, Ravi Mangla
These are great.
The funny is back.
I appreciated the sober interludes, but prefer the funny.
These are great.
The funny is back.
I appreciated the sober interludes, but prefer the funny.
very funny! lol, as the kids say.
but what about the Millhauser? Is the Millhauser not haut?
very funny! lol, as the kids say.
but what about the Millhauser? Is the Millhauser not haut?
millhauser was the only haut thing, but weighed out by the nots.
millhauser was the only haut thing, but weighed out by the nots.
yah i think the whole point is to be made fun of.
no more sobriety.
I liked the carpet.
yah i think the whole point is to be made fun of.
no more sobriety.
I liked the carpet.
Is that Berber?
http://www.carpetdyeing.com/berber.html
Is that Berber?
http://www.carpetdyeing.com/berber.html
I prefer shag. Orange shag.
I prefer shag. Orange shag.
Is there a possibility that Ravi’s books are on a shelf, but a really bad taste carpeted one? The window is kinda close to the floor otherwise.
Is there a possibility that Ravi’s books are on a shelf, but a really bad taste carpeted one? The window is kinda close to the floor otherwise.
maybe they are giant books
maybe they are giant books
nice try, but look at the baseboards.
nice try, but look at the baseboards.
C’mon now. Even if Ravi’s stack is on the floor, it’s def hot. Sightseeing, Padget MFing Powell, Hannah, Pancake, Hobart, The Little Prince, McGuane, B-Graham, Ben Marcus, James Tate. It’s pretty guy-heavy but it’s hot. Nice stack, Ravi.
C’mon now. Even if Ravi’s stack is on the floor, it’s def hot. Sightseeing, Padget MFing Powell, Hannah, Pancake, Hobart, The Little Prince, McGuane, B-Graham, Ben Marcus, James Tate. It’s pretty guy-heavy but it’s hot. Nice stack, Ravi.
is that a diana hacker i see in ravi’s pile!?
is that a diana hacker i see in ravi’s pile!?
1) For a second I thought that by ‘nice hops’ you meant that he was good at jumping, as I mostly think of ‘hops’ in the context of basketball.
2) Derrida/post-structuralist linguistics totally opened up a way of thinking language and writing that is super-influential to all sorts of the hautest fiction. Lutz, Marcus, all of the Oulipo people, etcetc. totally owe that thought, whether or not they are directly influenced by it.
1) For a second I thought that by ‘nice hops’ you meant that he was good at jumping, as I mostly think of ‘hops’ in the context of basketball.
2) Derrida/post-structuralist linguistics totally opened up a way of thinking language and writing that is super-influential to all sorts of the hautest fiction. Lutz, Marcus, all of the Oulipo people, etcetc. totally owe that thought, whether or not they are directly influenced by it.
this was good. i like it when jimmy isn’t care bear. he is funny.
david peak, you did not need an entire book to know that fulci is the only italian horror director worth knowing about.
the rest bite his asshole.
this was good. i like it when jimmy isn’t care bear. he is funny.
david peak, you did not need an entire book to know that fulci is the only italian horror director worth knowing about.
the rest bite his asshole.
ummm… Argento?
ummm… Argento?
Secret: of the selection of my bookshelf you cropped, I have only read 6 of those in their entirity, and 3 of them art Barthes. I have only read 1 of the Derrida titles, because, well, I am entirely addicted to buying books & will perhaps read them eventually. I lol’d though.
Secret: of the selection of my bookshelf you cropped, I have only read 6 of those in their entirity, and 3 of them art Barthes. I have only read 1 of the Derrida titles, because, well, I am entirely addicted to buying books & will perhaps read them eventually. I lol’d though.
ben, could you explain a little more about how post-structuralism opened up new avenues for literature, or point me to something that discusses that idea in more depth. i’m curious to know more about that relation. thanks.
ben, could you explain a little more about how post-structuralism opened up new avenues for literature, or point me to something that discusses that idea in more depth. i’m curious to know more about that relation. thanks.
i think my lack of spelling ability attests to this
i think my lack of spelling ability attests to this
It’s a nice carpet. I’m proud of it. Tables are overrated.
And there are a few gals in the stack – Paley, Munro, Hecht, Homes, Beattie.
It’s a nice carpet. I’m proud of it. Tables are overrated.
And there are a few gals in the stack – Paley, Munro, Hecht, Homes, Beattie.
Jimmy is right. Tourism. I am on vacation right now.
Jereme: Argento. Lado. Bava. Soavi.
This was fun.
Jimmy is right. Tourism. I am on vacation right now.
Jereme: Argento. Lado. Bava. Soavi.
This was fun.
Now wait a sec here keith — are you always joking when you ask these questions? I feel duped.
Now wait a sec here keith — are you always joking when you ask these questions? I feel duped.
Polselli & Cavallone are better than both.
Polselli & Cavallone are better than both.
I’m tempted to argue that, but it is awfully close.
I’m tempted to argue that, but it is awfully close.
i like the bust down the door and eat all the chickens hiding in your stack, david. that’s funny.
i like the bust down the door and eat all the chickens hiding in your stack, david. that’s funny.
Do you think the word SHAGGING derives somehow from the word SHAG as in carpet or rug?
Do you think the word SHAGGING derives somehow from the word SHAG as in carpet or rug?
Keith? Please read: Acts of Literature by Jacques Derrida. It’s like a greatest hits of Derrida’s stuff about writing and literature. Also please read Maurice Blanchot’s The Space of Literature and Michel Foucault’s collected essays in Aesthetics, Method and Epistemology 1954-1984. There’s a lot more stuff than this, but I am hungry so it’s hard to concentrate right now.
To see how post-structuralism and deconstruction informed literature and writing please read Kathy Acker and Dennis Cooper–to name only two.
There is actually a lot of stuff written about post-structuralism and deconstruction’s effects on literature. If you want, I could come up with a list for you?
janey.smith.is.baby.robot@gmail.com
Keith? Please read: Acts of Literature by Jacques Derrida. It’s like a greatest hits of Derrida’s stuff about writing and literature. Also please read Maurice Blanchot’s The Space of Literature and Michel Foucault’s collected essays in Aesthetics, Method and Epistemology 1954-1984. There’s a lot more stuff than this, but I am hungry so it’s hard to concentrate right now.
To see how post-structuralism and deconstruction informed literature and writing please read Kathy Acker and Dennis Cooper–to name only two.
There is actually a lot of stuff written about post-structuralism and deconstruction’s effects on literature. If you want, I could come up with a list for you?
janey.smith.is.baby.robot@gmail.com
Antrim, too. Love that book.
Antrim, too. Love that book.
And MEANS! I missed the David Means.
And MEANS! I missed the David Means.
Dubus. And Bestial Noise.
The books are holding up the window.
Dubus. And Bestial Noise.
The books are holding up the window.
adam, i’m confused. what do you mean? always ask what questions? and duping? i’m trying to think and can’t really come up with what you mean. help me out here.
janey, thank you kindly. i’ll take you up on your offer. but we’ll have to find a way to narrow it down to a cliff notes version so my head doesn’t explode.
adam, i’m confused. what do you mean? always ask what questions? and duping? i’m trying to think and can’t really come up with what you mean. help me out here.
janey, thank you kindly. i’ll take you up on your offer. but we’ll have to find a way to narrow it down to a cliff notes version so my head doesn’t explode.
adam, do you mean i’ve been asking a lot questions? i just realized now in the past few days, i have been i guess. i don’t know anything about lit theory or history of lit or have read much lit except some stuff that’s impacted me over the past 10 years, and i’m wanting to become a little more informed so that i can get a sense of the past trajectory and current atmosphere, to hopefully gain a sense of perspective, and maybe see different possibilities for the continuing direction of the trajectory. i like patterns. i really like seeing patterns. i miss psylocibin.
adam, do you mean i’ve been asking a lot questions? i just realized now in the past few days, i have been i guess. i don’t know anything about lit theory or history of lit or have read much lit except some stuff that’s impacted me over the past 10 years, and i’m wanting to become a little more informed so that i can get a sense of the past trajectory and current atmosphere, to hopefully gain a sense of perspective, and maybe see different possibilities for the continuing direction of the trajectory. i like patterns. i really like seeing patterns. i miss psylocibin.
The word “beaver” as a euphemism for vagina derives from hats. No joke. That’s actually a good idea for a poem, now that I think of it.
The word “beaver” as a euphemism for vagina derives from hats. No joke. That’s actually a good idea for a poem, now that I think of it.
by the way, this:
http://adolphhitlerisababybunny.blogspot.com/
is fucking hawt. Janey Smith is too cool for school.
by the way, this:
http://adolphhitlerisababybunny.blogspot.com/
is fucking hawt. Janey Smith is too cool for school.
ravi, my man, i see the virginity pledge in that pile, if that aint hot jimmy then…. then… i dont know. what the fuck.
ravi, my man, i see the virginity pledge in that pile, if that aint hot jimmy then…. then… i dont know. what the fuck.
Ravi, I like your stack. I also have that carpet in my basement. I’ll be looking at it tonight, getting drunk, plotting all kinds of shit.
Ravi, I like your stack. I also have that carpet in my basement. I’ll be looking at it tonight, getting drunk, plotting all kinds of shit.
these are good suggestions.
i am also thinking about donald barthelme, because right now I am reading his essay collection, and it is clear that he very heavily influenced by/aware of the theory of his time. his essays are very approachable and excellent. he is the best.
these are good suggestions.
i am also thinking about donald barthelme, because right now I am reading his essay collection, and it is clear that he very heavily influenced by/aware of the theory of his time. his essays are very approachable and excellent. he is the best.
David is 31.
Ravi is 28.
Mike is 30.
Nope. 25.
Nope. 25.
Are these read?
Are these read?
Mike is 22
Mike is 22
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