April 16th, 2010 / 4:09 pm
Web Hype
Blake Butler
Web Hype
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.
Tags: Harriette Simpson Arnow, kissing the mask, noh theater, william vollmann
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
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
nice. would have posted sooner, but i had to rub one off.
Hello, Ms. Vollman.
nice. would have posted sooner, but i had to rub one off.
Hello, Ms. Vollman.
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.
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.
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.
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.
We here at Mars think Vollmann is great!
We here at Mars think Vollmann is great!
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.”
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.”
Vollmann is the woman.
Vollmann is the woman.
Reading the book now…
Reading the book now…
dear william vollmann, please go down on me and let me see that eye of yours in between my thighs.
dear william vollmann, please go down on me and let me see that eye of yours in between my thighs.
i can’t stand william vollman
i can’t stand william vollman
this seems incredibly mean. but it’s a free country.
this seems incredibly mean. but it’s a free country.
Vollmann seems weird.
Vollmann seems weird.
you can’t spell william vollmann
you can’t spell william vollmann
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.
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.