Dear friends of the unreal -- I have begun -- kind of without meaning to -- an unreal and at times seemingly impossible reading project. In a May 21 2021 article for the New Yorker francophile Adam Gopnik likens reading all of Proust's A LA RECHERCHE DU TEMPS PERDU (IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME) to … Continue reading I read the Big Book (part 1?)
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Special edition Sunday May 25th 2014 — cannibal connections: 10 confessions
warning: not for the faint of heart Confession 1: Being a literary critic is a bit like being a cannibal: you don’t write anything creative yourself but you shred up whatever poor author you’re working on, season the dead author/auteur with lit theory and serve ‘em up to your 3-4 colleagues who are interested … Continue reading Special edition Sunday May 25th 2014 — cannibal connections: 10 confessions
Sunday speculations (disjointed), February 2, 2014: Here’s what we [don’t] talk about when we talk about Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Woody Allen
Dear Friends of the Unreal -- Today is a very strange day. Superbowl fever rages, while: a. an amazingly talented young actor was found in his Village apartment, dead from an overdose of heroin. b. a scandal/controversy rages (sort of) around a well known New York filmmaker. Words spew forth, and here I am spewing … Continue reading Sunday speculations (disjointed), February 2, 2014: Here’s what we [don’t] talk about when we talk about Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Woody Allen
Stephanie Barbé Hammer Writing (Un) Real 