August 16th, 2010 / 12:01 pm
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Justin Taylor—
On her Facebook page The Housing Works Blog, Rachel Fershleiser asks: Which authors’ next books are you sure to read whether or not the subject matter interests you at all?
Joan Didion
Dennis Cooper
Don DeLillo
Jaime Hernandez
Eugenides. Ellroy. Erian. Salter.
Evenson, Murakami, Eugenides, Ohle, Lutz,
Ahem, ON THE HOUSING WORKS BOOKSTORE BLOG, Rachel Fershleiser asks…
http://housingworksbookstore.tumblr.com/post/962969165/my-new-favorite-question
sam lipsyte, gary lutz, blake, rachel b., m. young, that’s molly young, not mike. i kids. vanessa place. evelyn hampton, amy hempel. barry. dfw. cormac. and, if it ever comes out, w. gass.
Nam Le, Richard Lange, Derek Nikitas, Deborah Eisenberg, Nami Mun.
James Tate, Amy Hempel, Shane Jones, Prathna Lor, Josh Bell, Sarah Manguso, Chelsey Minnis, Robert Lopez, Jesse Ball, Padgett Powell, Emily Pettit, Ben Mirov
Mark Binelli, John D’Agata, Magnus Mills, Chris Ware, Thomas De Zengotita, Chris Bachelder, Curtis White, Ian Svenonius, Lynn Tillman, Phoebe Gloeckner, Michel Houellebecq, Paul Hornschemeier, Dash Shaw
Antrim, Lipsyte, Portis (if he ever publishes again)
Probably only lincoln michel because ill be forced to
dennis cooper, anything that’s yet to be translated into english by alain or catherine robbe-grillet, tony duvert, pierre guyotat
stephen king (i’m in for the long haul, having grown up with him, and read everything), stephen graham jones, craig clevenger, will christopher baer, craig davidson, cormac mccarthy, amelia gray, benjamin percy, donald ray pollock, used to be chuck palahniuk, monica drake, brian evenson, holly goddard jones, mary miller
Thomas Pynchon, Don DeLillo, Joshua Cohen
Do works of fiction have a subject matter?
Joan Didion
Dennis Cooper
Don DeLillo
Jaime Hernandez
but not Beto?
Occurred to me I should probably respond to my own post, which is to say to Rachel’s question- DeLillo is #1, as he seems to be for the question overall (check our thread against and HW’s and see for yourself). ALSO: Dennis Cooper, Christine Schutt, Chris Bachelder, David Gates, Marilynne Robinson, Harold Bloom.
Alan: Yes.
Eugenides. Ellroy. Erian. Salter.
This may come off as simply contrary, but it’s not meant to be: I am pretty sure there aren’t any authors whose work I would read despite it being about something I’m not interested in reading.
whoa
Personally the subject matter of a fiction book never factors into whether or not I’d read it, at least amongst authors I like. At the same time, there aren’t too many authors whose new books I definitely read. A lot of my favorite authors I’m still a book or two behind on.
there are lots of writers whom i’d read no matter what, but this question makes me think about writers who go out of their way to do very different things all the time, which makes me think of nicholson baker
Really? I don’t even normally know much about what a novel (or certainly a story collection) is about before reading.
Evenson, Murakami, Eugenides, Ohle, Lutz,
This makes me think of writers whose subject matter probably doesn’t interest me in the least, yet I still read them: which means probably Franzen’s FREEDOM is coming up soon.
Ahem, ON THE HOUSING WORKS BOOKSTORE BLOG, Rachel Fershleiser asks…
http://housingworksbookstore.tumblr.com/post/962969165/my-new-favorite-question
sam lipsyte, gary lutz, blake, rachel b., m. young, that’s molly young, not mike. i kids. vanessa place. evelyn hampton, amy hempel. barry. dfw. cormac. and, if it ever comes out, w. gass.
Nam Le, Richard Lange, Derek Nikitas, Deborah Eisenberg, Nami Mun.
James Tate, Amy Hempel, Shane Jones, Prathna Lor, Josh Bell, Sarah Manguso, Chelsey Minnis, Robert Lopez, Jesse Ball, Padgett Powell, Emily Pettit, Ben Mirov
Usually Beto too, but not always.
Mark Binelli, John D’Agata, Magnus Mills, Chris Ware, Thomas De Zengotita, Chris Bachelder, Curtis White, Ian Svenonius, Lynn Tillman, Phoebe Gloeckner, Michel Houellebecq, Paul Hornschemeier, Dash Shaw
Antrim, Lipsyte, Portis (if he ever publishes again)
Probably only lincoln michel because ill be forced to
dennis cooper, anything that’s yet to be translated into english by alain or catherine robbe-grillet, tony duvert, pierre guyotat
No, I totally hear you, Matthew. This came up because I told Justin he might be my only one.
stephen king (i’m in for the long haul, having grown up with him, and read everything), stephen graham jones, craig clevenger, will christopher baer, craig davidson, cormac mccarthy, amelia gray, benjamin percy, donald ray pollock, used to be chuck palahniuk, monica drake, brian evenson, holly goddard jones, mary miller
Thomas Pynchon, Don DeLillo, Joshua Cohen
Do works of fiction have a subject matter?
You’re right. Jaime’s less prolific, so he never has less opportunity to disappoint. Strangely I love pretty much everything Beto’s ever done except Palomar–including the post-Palomar Luba and Fritz stuff.
That is, I actually like the post-Palomar Luba and Fritz stuff.
HERMAN MELVILLE
but not Beto?
Occurred to me I should probably respond to my own post, which is to say to Rachel’s question- DeLillo is #1, as he seems to be for the question overall (check our thread against and HW’s and see for yourself). ALSO: Dennis Cooper, Christine Schutt, Chris Bachelder, David Gates, Marilynne Robinson, Harold Bloom.
what’s the over under on how long it would take a photon to reconstitute a long lost work of literature?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_the_Cross
Alan: Yes.
This may come off as simply contrary, but it’s not meant to be: I am pretty sure there aren’t any authors whose work I would read despite it being about something I’m not interested in reading.
whoa
Personally the subject matter of a fiction book never factors into whether or not I’d read it, at least amongst authors I like. At the same time, there aren’t too many authors whose new books I definitely read. A lot of my favorite authors I’m still a book or two behind on.
there are lots of writers whom i’d read no matter what, but this question makes me think about writers who go out of their way to do very different things all the time, which makes me think of nicholson baker
Really? I don’t even normally know much about what a novel (or certainly a story collection) is about before reading.
Dow Mossman. That one book is that damn good.
Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Joshua Cohen, William Gaddis, Lu Xun, Joseph Campbell, Chris Harman, Myra Bluebond-Langner, Elizabeth Gilbert, Jonathan Lethem, Thomas Pynchon, Joe Niemczura, Steven Levy, ok this is getting ridiculous. i’m looking look at my bookshelf.
This reply should’ve been in the left, original thread.
That reply, rather.
This makes me think of writers whose subject matter probably doesn’t interest me in the least, yet I still read them: which means probably Franzen’s FREEDOM is coming up soon.
Usually Beto too, but not always.
No, I totally hear you, Matthew. This came up because I told Justin he might be my only one.
You’re right. Jaime’s less prolific, so he never has less opportunity to disappoint. Strangely I love pretty much everything Beto’s ever done except Palomar–including the post-Palomar Luba and Fritz stuff.
That is, I actually like the post-Palomar Luba and Fritz stuff.
HERMAN MELVILLE
question asked, question answered
what’s the over under on how long it would take a photon to reconstitute a long lost work of literature?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_the_Cross
Dow Mossman. That one book is that damn good.
This reply should’ve been in the left, original thread.
That reply, rather.
question asked, question answered
Thomas Pynchon
Chris Ware
David Mazzucchelli
Don DeLillo
Paul Auster
Stephen King
Of course: The authors’ egos.