tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post8420501579553928143..comments2023-11-05T05:01:58.563-05:00Comments on Ward Six: PrizesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-53709182232191882052007-11-16T17:21:00.000-05:002007-11-16T17:21:00.000-05:00But honey, what about all the fabulous fiction in ...But honey, what about all the fabulous fiction in the Atlantic--you know, those wonderful stories about priests, Ireland, and people owning boats? Nothing could be more culturally relevant at this delicate moment in our literary history.<BR/><BR/>Hey pandas, thanks--if you dug that, there's more where it came from...Lou and I are working on a book. I think we have like 13 photos/stories so far...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-83548686993899844932007-11-16T16:16:00.000-05:002007-11-16T16:16:00.000-05:00What I loathe about Myers is that he can't just cr...What I loathe about Myers is that he can't just criticize a book; he has to imply that the book's writer is a fraud and that its fans are fools or pretentious bastards. His is a limited, insecure, and not very smart perspective.<BR/><BR/>The Atlantic has become a terrible magazine and I won't pay for it, so I could only read the beginning of that review.rmellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133206908895131438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-88401114013918178082007-11-16T15:35:00.000-05:002007-11-16T15:35:00.000-05:00Tree of Smoke is a foine, foine book. It doesn't ...Tree of Smoke is a foine, foine book. It doesn't make any great claims about itself. No deep breath before starting, no ta-dum when it's done. It begins, and remains, a quiet madness.<BR/><BR/>The Savage Detectives is also foine and shimmering.ed skooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03031257497473281838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-60342595698910827442007-11-16T13:25:00.000-05:002007-11-16T13:25:00.000-05:00Also, he does lay out many quotes for the reader t...Also, he does lay out many quotes for the reader to judge herself.M. Sáflohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12783971214731543500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-15481136006699895882007-11-16T13:24:00.000-05:002007-11-16T13:24:00.000-05:00I don't think he was entirely off-base in that dys...I don't think he was entirely off-base in that dyspeptic rant. I'm guilty of reading(!) and occasionally writing(!!) the type of fiction over which he has daggers in his eyes, but it is nice to see such a loud call for sobriety in criticism.M. Sáflohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12783971214731543500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-40854906200447523222007-11-16T12:03:00.000-05:002007-11-16T12:03:00.000-05:00Wow! I like the Paris Review thingy! I think I h...Wow! I like the Paris Review thingy! I think I had that panda-lady as a Hebrew school teacher.amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09039488548874385815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-63298973284055972572007-11-16T11:39:00.000-05:002007-11-16T11:39:00.000-05:00Consider the source, though! Myers wrote that dysp...Consider the source, though! Myers wrote that dyspeptic rant a few years ago in which he hated on everyone even marginally interesting or inventive. <BR/><BR/>I'll take the word of my pal Ed over Myers any day.rmellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133206908895131438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-5217328384582218522007-11-16T09:02:00.000-05:002007-11-16T09:02:00.000-05:00Reservations for five at Spago, that is.Reservations for five at Spago, that is.M. Sáflohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12783971214731543500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-76044463947010877862007-11-16T09:00:00.000-05:002007-11-16T09:00:00.000-05:00Re: Tree of Smoke: This probably won't go over wel...Re: <I>Tree of Smoke</I>: This probably won't go over well, but I stumbled upon B.R. Myers' review/assassination job in The Atlantic and now I have reservations. <BR/><BR/>This link may or may not work:<BR/><BR/>http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200712/vietnam?ca=J1WlI%2FCUjjrP6dTQ5Mfplgg3nM3X%2FXioB2yg54JWPQ0%3DM. Sáflohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12783971214731543500noreply@blogger.com