July 7th, 2010 / 2:37 pm
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What writer would you like to see naked?

145 Comments

  1. Sasha

      Should it sadden me that I am so eager to comment?
      Jhumpa Lahiri, Nicole Krauss, Simon Van Booy, Miguel Syjuco. Siri Hustvedt.

  2. Sasha

      Of course, this list applies, too, when you speak ~*~metaphorically~*~

  3. jereme

      catherine lacey

  4. Pete Michael Smith

      Salinger, obviously.

  5. robert warwick

      Alexander Chee

  6. magick mike

      -Romeo Castellucci (he writes theater, does that count?)
      uh
      -Tony Duvert & Renaud Camus when they were at their peak (not so much now [ i mean one is dead but yeah ] ) (these are grouped together because GAY, FRENCH)
      -Jeff Long (author of pop-horror) in the 90s (though he pretty much already looks exactly like a popular gay pornstar from the 80s)

  7. Brett

      Miranda July.

      inb4: ‘haters gonna hate’

  8. mark leidner

      sam lipsyte

  9. Steven Augustine

      Emily Dickinson. In her current condition.

  10. jon

      yeah

  11. jon

      as long as we’re tomb raiding, walt whitman and william wordsworth. i feel like this would answer a lot of questions for me.

  12. Brett

      Feel like Keats should be in this group, too.

  13. Sasha

      Oh yes, I second this.

  14. Ken Baumann

      Clarice Lispector, back then.

  15. Stephen

      Julie Orringer.

  16. Donald

      Thirded.

      Also Molly Young.

  17. Donald

      Oh, and Byron. A now-rare glimpse of what was once, reportedly, so difficult to avoid witnessing in some stage of brandishment.

  18. Donald

      How fast does penis matter decompose?

  19. Sasha

      First one to go.

  20. dsn

      Mary Gaitskill

  21. chris

      William Gass.

  22. Matt Cozart

      billy collins

  23. Matt Cozart
  24. Nick Antosca
  25. Davey Houle

      RON CURRIE, JR.!!

  26. Steven Augustine

      Unexpected!

  27. Steven Augustine

      “Billy Collins (the Phil Collins of poetry!)”

      I no longer feel odd and alone (weeps)

  28. Steven Augustine

      -Making Off With Emily Dickinson’s Soul-

      First, her tippet made of tulle,
      easily ripped off her shoulders and tossed
      across the legs of an overturned chair…

      -Billy Collins

  29. Donald

      Ah. It was never meant to be.

      Time to chase a new dream.

  30. gavin

      I don’t know if that’s her or not, but she will be, forever, saved to my hard drive. Thanks. I’m off to reread Ripley’s Game.

  31. Sean

      Jim Harrison

  32. Nick Antosca

      That’s her.

  33. Mike Meginnis

      Pynchon!

  34. Pitz

      Nell Freudenberger.

  35. MoGa

      I think I would like to see Blake Butler naked.

  36. marshall

      2nded

  37. Steven Augustine

      The Classicists cede the floor to the Realists.

  38. Amy

      That click was well worth it.

  39. Sean
  40. Matthew Simmons

      Tao Lin.

      Oh, wait.

  41. Matthew Simmons

      Was thinking of mentioning this, but knew you’d come through for me.

  42. Sasha

      Should it sadden me that I am so eager to comment?
      Jhumpa Lahiri, Nicole Krauss, Simon Van Booy, Miguel Syjuco. Siri Hustvedt.

  43. Sasha

      Of course, this list applies, too, when you speak ~*~metaphorically~*~

  44. jereme

      catherine lacey

  45. Adam
  46. Pete Michael Smith

      Salinger, obviously.

  47. robert warwick

      Alexander Chee

  48. Jimmy Chen

      zoe trope

  49. magick mike

      -Romeo Castellucci (he writes theater, does that count?)
      uh
      -Tony Duvert & Renaud Camus when they were at their peak (not so much now [ i mean one is dead but yeah ] ) (these are grouped together because GAY, FRENCH)
      -Jeff Long (author of pop-horror) in the 90s (though he pretty much already looks exactly like a popular gay pornstar from the 80s)

  50. Brett

      Miranda July.

      inb4: ‘haters gonna hate’

  51. Martin Boorman

      I have always wanted to see a close up of Kurt Vonnegut’s taint or William T. Vollman’s urethra.

  52. mark leidner

      sam lipsyte

  53. Steven Augustine

      Emily Dickinson. In her current condition.

  54. jon

      yeah

  55. keedee

      Anne Sexton. On a porch in the afternoon. Drinks.

  56. jon

      as long as we’re tomb raiding, walt whitman and william wordsworth. i feel like this would answer a lot of questions for me.

  57. Brett

      Feel like Keats should be in this group, too.

  58. Sasha

      Oh yes, I second this.

  59. Lily Hoang

      And you, Mr Butler, what writer would you want to see all nakeds?

  60. Lily Hoang

      Please.

  61. Ken Baumann

      Clarice Lispector, back then.

  62. Stephen

      Julie Orringer.

  63. Donald

      Thirded.

      Also Molly Young.

  64. alan

      Probably wouldn’t be too hard to arrange.

  65. Donald

      Oh, and Byron. A now-rare glimpse of what was once, reportedly, so difficult to avoid witnessing in some stage of brandishment.

  66. Donald

      How fast does penis matter decompose?

  67. jereme

      dennis cooper?

  68. Sasha

      First one to go.

  69. dsn

      Mary Gaitskill

  70. gena

      you mean he hasn’t already?

  71. chris

      William Gass.

  72. Matt Cozart

      billy collins

  73. gena

      l. ron hubbard.

  74. gena

      but only if i get to see xenu naked, also.

  75. Matt Cozart
  76. jereme

      you are on fire.

  77. Nick Antosca
  78. Davey Houle

      RON CURRIE, JR.!!

  79. Steven Augustine

      Unexpected!

  80. Steven Augustine

      “Billy Collins (the Phil Collins of poetry!)”

      I no longer feel odd and alone (weeps)

  81. People From Mars

      We would like to see the Noon writers naked. And also Aimee Bender.

  82. Steven Augustine

      -Making Off With Emily Dickinson’s Soul-

      First, her tippet made of tulle,
      easily ripped off her shoulders and tossed
      across the legs of an overturned chair…

      -Billy Collins

  83. Donald

      Ah. It was never meant to be.

      Time to chase a new dream.

  84. MoGa

      except she always crosses her legs like three times

  85. gavin

      I don’t know if that’s her or not, but she will be, forever, saved to my hard drive. Thanks. I’m off to reread Ripley’s Game.

  86. Bill

      Amelia Grey

  87. Sean

      Jim Harrison

  88. Nick Antosca

      That’s her.

  89. Mike Meginnis

      Pynchon!

  90. Pitz

      Nell Freudenberger.

  91. Molly Gaudry

      I think I would like to see Blake Butler naked.

  92. Guest

      2nded

  93. Steven Augustine

      The Classicists cede the floor to the Realists.

  94. Blackheart Jackson

      Molly Gaudry.
      Nicole Elizabeth.
      Elizabeth Ellen.

  95. Amy

      That click was well worth it.

  96. joseph

      The interest this generates is disappointing considering the lack of volunteers I had to participate in my non-existent video magazine of people reading nude. If anyone here is in fact willing to submit, I will get shit rolling again.

      I’d like to see Samuel R. Delany’s cock, but he isn’t hot. Santa Claus isn’t hot.

      Danielewski is sexy, I think I’d like to see him naked.

      Lasky is hot too, her too.

  97. Greg

      I was just gonna say D. but agree as not hot. It’s more on principle.

  98. Sean
  99. Matthew Simmons

      Tao Lin.

      Oh, wait.

  100. Matthew Simmons

      Was thinking of mentioning this, but knew you’d come through for me.

  101. Guest
  102. Jimmy Chen

      zoe trope

  103. Martin Boorman

      I have always wanted to see a close up of Kurt Vonnegut’s taint or William T. Vollman’s urethra.

  104. Pemulis

      Joyelle McSweeney

      Sarah Manguso

      Joan Didion up to age 55-ish or so…

      …and Nicole Krauss.

      (Plus can I slap whoever said Julie Orringer?)…

  105. keedee

      Anne Sexton. On a porch in the afternoon. Drinks.

  106. lily hoang

      And you, Mr Butler, what writer would you want to see all nakeds?

  107. lily hoang

      Please.

  108. alan

      Probably wouldn’t be too hard to arrange.

  109. jereme

      dennis cooper?

  110. gena

      you mean he hasn’t already?

  111. gena

      l. ron hubbard.

  112. gena

      but only if i get to see xenu naked, also.

  113. jereme

      you are on fire.

  114. People From Mars

      We would like to see the Noon writers naked. And also Aimee Bender.

  115. Molly Gaudry

      except she always crosses her legs like three times

  116. Bill

      Amelia Grey

  117. Blackheart Jackson

      Molly Gaudry.
      Nicole Elizabeth.
      Elizabeth Ellen.

  118. joseph

      The interest this generates is disappointing considering the lack of volunteers I had to participate in my non-existent video magazine of people reading nude. If anyone here is in fact willing to submit, I will get shit rolling again.

      I’d like to see Samuel R. Delany’s cock, but he isn’t hot. Santa Claus isn’t hot.

      Danielewski is sexy, I think I’d like to see him naked.

      Lasky is hot too, her too.

  119. Laryssa

      John Updike was the absolute first name that popped into my head. I think John Updike circa “Rabbit, Run”. Or Raymond Carver circa “Cathedral”. Or Cormac McCarthy.

  120. Blake Butler

      ohhh.

  121. Blake Butler

      i hadn’t thought about it

  122. Pemulis

      Joyelle McSweeney

      Sarah Manguso

      Joan Didion up to age 55-ish or so…

      …and Nicole Krauss.

      (Plus can I slap whoever said Julie Orringer?)…

  123. frank

      Christopher Hitchens. As recent as possible.

  124. Laryssa

      John Updike was the absolute first name that popped into my head. I think John Updike circa “Rabbit, Run”. Or Raymond Carver circa “Cathedral”. Or Cormac McCarthy.

  125. Blake Butler

      ohhh.

  126. Blake Butler

      i hadn’t thought about it

  127. frank

      Christopher Hitchens. As recent as possible.

  128. magick mike

      i think i would probably want to see danielewski naked too. now that the 90s are over at least.

  129. mimi

      James Franco

  130. paulb

      sloane crosley.

  131. bambi a.

      yukio mishima

  132. magick mike

      i think i would probably want to see danielewski naked too. now that the 90s are over at least.

  133. Dawn.

      Early 1970’s Gloria Steinem. Hot hot hot.

  134. mimi

      James Franco

  135. James Davis

      Rilke

  136. paulb

      sloane crosley.

  137. bambi a.

      yukio mishima

  138. Dawn.

      Early 1970’s Gloria Steinem. Hot hot hot.

  139. James Davis

      Rilke

  140. mimi
  141. mimi
  142. Alicia Gifford

      My dog sez Joyce Carol Oates. He wants to chew on her a while, then bury her.

  143. Alicia Gifford

      My dog sez Joyce Carol Oates. He wants to chew on her a while, then bury her.

  144. Closeted Boy

      Zachary German

  145. Closeted Boy

      Zachary German