got a bunch of his short novels out from the library, looking forward to em (if i ever get a chance to read this semester)
― flopson, Thursday, 14 September 2017 23:24 (six years ago) link
the rehab story in "Largesse Of The Sea Maiden" has totally destroyed me. amazing.
― sleeve, Wednesday, 25 December 2019 13:49 (four years ago) link
Bought Train Dreams, just started.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 01:18 (three years ago) link
Train Dreams is great.
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Sunday, 11 October 2020 17:27 (three years ago) link
i really enjoyed 'already dead' - it had this strange amped up/buster keaton sense of comedy running through it like a cocained quasi tragedy.
I just finished this and would really like to talk about it w/ other readers? basically a black comedy about literal demonic possession...
this is the only Denis Johnson thread, wtf
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Friday, 11 August 2023 00:24 (eight months ago) link
I'm reading The Largesse of the Sea Maiden!
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 6 November 2023 16:03 (five months ago) link
the rehab story in that is so, so good
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Monday, 6 November 2023 17:51 (five months ago) link
Denis Johnson was my friend's mother's boyfriend when he was young. I gave him a ride to the airport once--he was pretty chill.
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Monday, 6 November 2023 17:57 (five months ago) link