tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3530711609675588574.post8767177500622889697..comments2023-12-08T03:52:07.163-05:00Comments on The Inside Flap: 15 Quick Recs from EklundJay Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007413132023520354noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3530711609675588574.post-69068706465946870342008-07-14T10:20:00.000-05:002008-07-14T10:20:00.000-05:00Ok; as a student of fiction and a writer of short ...Ok; as a student of fiction and a writer of short fiction, I feel obligated to make the shameful admission that I have never read Flannery O'Connor...<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry. I know I should. I know I'd enjoy it. I have the Comp Stories on hold. <BR/><BR/>I'll be better. I promise.Jay Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17007413132023520354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3530711609675588574.post-68944330562651575442008-07-13T19:47:00.000-05:002008-07-13T19:47:00.000-05:00All Flannery O'Connor's writing is worth reading, ...All Flannery O'Connor's writing is worth reading, including her letters, which contain insights on everything from Aquinas to D. H. Lawrence.<BR/>What an intense, strange, original talent. You can never forget her grotesque and completely believable plots after you've read them once.<BR/>Everyone knows "The Life You Save May Be Your Own," but my own favorite is<BR/>"The Lame Shall Enter First"..... if you can stand it....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3530711609675588574.post-52059000712733351602007-11-26T10:14:00.000-06:002007-11-26T10:14:00.000-06:00I have to second the plug for Javier Marías, and p...I have to second the plug for Javier Marías, and particularly for <I>Tomorrow in the Battle...</I> (<I> Mañana en la batalla piensa en mi</I>. Marías' most famous book is <I>A Heart So White</I> (<I>Corazón tan blanco</I>), which may be a slightly easier read for someone unfamiliar with Marías; but I can testify actually to sweating, heart racing, as I read the last 50 or so pages of <I>Mañana en la batalla</I>.<BR/><BR/>For those who read Spanish, you can follow Marías' career and read his weekly newspaper column <A HREF="http://javiermarias.es/blog.html" REL="nofollow"><BR/>here</A>.Adam G Beaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03168132407947660462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3530711609675588574.post-92158529253733524992007-11-26T08:36:00.000-06:002007-11-26T08:36:00.000-06:00'The Society of the Spectacle' is something I coul...'The Society of the Spectacle' is something I could get into. Stevie Smith has never really done it for me, even with all those ND publications. Joe and Bayard just turned me on to some Raymond Carver poetry. 'Ultra-Marine', of course...its great, mostly hopeless, making the hopeful ever more illuminating. You all had a spectacular holiday? Of course you did.Nyethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04452051084527353172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3530711609675588574.post-91487587335416633662007-11-24T20:49:00.000-06:002007-11-24T20:49:00.000-06:00Yeah, Robot Dreams sounds like something I could s...Yeah, <I>Robot Dreams</I> sounds like something I could seriously enjoy and never shut up about. I've probably bought three copies of <I>The Society of the Spectacle</I> and I think my modernism seminar this semester has gotten close to reading (<A HREF="http://schwartzbooks.booksense.com/NASApp/store/Search;jsessionid=abca9l0qWNHeh4Nn8R0zr?s=results&initiate=yes&fromauthor=yes&author=100501" REL="nofollow">Jonathan Crary</A>, who edits for Zone Books), but it's something I've always wanted to spend a few days with. <BR/><BR/><I>The Book of Ebenezer LePage</I> is one of many NYRB books that need to jump into my hands.Jay Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17007413132023520354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3530711609675588574.post-69955352764604580502007-11-24T09:09:00.000-06:002007-11-24T09:09:00.000-06:00By the by, we adore John EklundBy the by, we adore John EklundStacieMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10378380788906271905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3530711609675588574.post-21443103987254069132007-11-24T09:08:00.000-06:002007-11-24T09:08:00.000-06:00I have One Day A Year at home, but the book I've h...I have <I>One Day A Year</I> at home, but the book I've had at the top of my to-read list that somehow keeps getting put off is <I>The Book of Ebenezer LePage</I>. Joe & I fell on top of it at the store one day and were both smitten. I promise I'll start it this weekend!StacieMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10378380788906271905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3530711609675588574.post-76945041299084962272007-11-23T15:52:00.000-06:002007-11-23T15:52:00.000-06:00I'm going to have to pick up Robot DreamsI'm going to have to pick up <EM>Robot Dreams</EM>Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14033224295972285885noreply@blogger.com