I have a long post to make about Renata and why I think she's more than bucolic observations about life but I'll wait until a sleepless night to get it all down
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 20 June 2014 12:34 (nine years ago) link
i reread 'speedboat'. i liked it more, this time
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Monday, 28 July 2014 20:42 (nine years ago) link
like the narratorial position in both books seems deeply unhappy and aware of a lack, it seems a long way away from 'bucolic', i don't know how one would get that impression
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Monday, 28 July 2014 20:43 (nine years ago) link
Holy moly, a long interview with Adler on Longform's podcast. She's difficult, but it's a compelling conversation.
― half the staying power of Erasure (Eazy), Tuesday, 8 September 2015 02:28 (eight years ago) link
sounds interesting
did anyone get the collected essays/journalism volume?
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Tuesday, 8 September 2015 04:09 (eight years ago) link
idk that she's at all difficult in that interview ????????????????
― crime breeze (schlump), Tuesday, 8 September 2015 04:12 (eight years ago) link
i read a lil of the collected, not enough, & kinda wasn't loving the diagnostic political stuff, it was sorta pedantic compared to didion's forensic
― crime breeze (schlump), Tuesday, 8 September 2015 04:13 (eight years ago) link
In Speedboat I loved the description of making meals twice, aware of the limitations and allowances of the times, and of the injuries sustained at boarding schools, and the poison ivy.
― youn, Tuesday, 8 September 2015 23:52 (eight years ago) link
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp),
Big fan of Canaries in the Mindshaft. Read her Bork and Clinton impeachment essays.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 8 September 2015 23:53 (eight years ago) link