May 2009
17 posts
the carver chronicles →
i’m devouring everything raymond carver has ever written right now, so many thanks to paul for sending this article my way :) it’s an older article but a great read.
New Murakami Novel Causes Stir →
daydreamdelusion
“booze takes a lot of time and effort if you’re going to do a good job of...”
– raymond carver, “gazebo” from where i’m calling from.
“terri’s a romantic. terri’s of the...”
– raymond carver, “what we talk about when we talk about love” from where i’m calling from
did shakespeare want to suppress his sonnets? →
currently reading
raymond carver’s where i’m calling from
on deck:
bram stoker’s dracula
charles dickens’ a tale of two cities (never had to read it for school, surprisingly)
susan sontag’s against interpretation
a conversation with jeffrey eugenides →
The author discussed his celebrated novels, “The Virgin Suicides” and “Middlesex,” and the decline of his hometown, Detroit, with Sam Tanenhaus, the editor of the Book Review.
no one belongs here more than you.
i’m late to the miranda july worship, but i picked up no one belongs here more than you at the last book swap. i didn’t expect to love it as much as i did but the stories appealed to my voyeuristic side. we don’t get many chances to crawl into the abject details of the relationships of other people and that is something miranda july delivers.
“people tend to stick to their own size group because it’s easier on the...”
– miranda july, no one belongs here more than you.
“what happens when you stop wanting, when you are happy. i supposed i would go on...”
– miranda july, no one belongs here more than you.
“it still counts, even though it happened when he was unconscious. it counts...”
– miranda july, no one belongs here more than you.
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2666
i finished roberto bolano’s 2666 on wednesday and have been at a loss of what to write/do with myself ever since. much like the savage detectives, 2666 is not a novel that lets you settle into the work and get comfortable. the landscape shifts, narration jumps from character to character without explanation and all you can do is trust that in the final pages bolano will piece it all...
“i steal into their dreams,” he said. “i steal into their most...”
– roberto bolano, 2666.
“did he know her or didn’t he? he knew her, of course he did, it was just...”
– roberto bolano, 2666.