tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256348635404703468.post3907866629797354056..comments2024-03-15T03:12:42.395-04:00Comments on G D C S + S W D P: Boy o boyBLAKE BUTLERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087017442473579674noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256348635404703468.post-59971412726602100802022-04-03T12:27:49.466-04:002022-04-03T12:27:49.466-04:00Offering the Best crossbow under $500 of both worl...Offering the <a href="https://bowadvisor.com/best-crossbow-under-500/" rel="nofollow">Best crossbow under $500</a> of both worlds, the EnKore features the comfort and shootability that an Elite is known for, but with added performance. It is 33 inches axle to axle, has a <a href="https://bowadvisor.com/best-crossbow-under-1000/" rel="nofollow">$1000 crossbows reviews</a> brace height, and weighs pounds.Legendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10115769439093530494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256348635404703468.post-87529540292581369242022-03-12T02:11:13.278-05:002022-03-12T02:11:13.278-05:00hey clark! that is a nice story about your dad, i ...hey clark! that is a nice story about your dad, i am bout books for people at the right time. heh, tree of smoke: for some reason even though i've never really cared much for a DJ book, i still consider buying each one. dunno why. yes, dalkey!<br /><a href="http://www.faisalabadfabricstore.com/textile-sourcing/" rel="nofollow">sourcing fabric for clothing line</a><br /><a href="http://www.faisalabadfabricstore.com/textile-sourcing/" rel="nofollow">sourcing in textile industry</a>Darren Demershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08050776248828465230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256348635404703468.post-8477036157152252512009-04-29T08:25:00.000-04:002009-04-29T08:25:00.000-04:00Never read any of those books. They all seem borin...Never read any of those books. They all seem boring any way.Matt DeBenedictishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11138471521577474094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256348635404703468.post-68791443050217703912009-04-29T00:48:00.000-04:002009-04-29T00:48:00.000-04:00hi mike how are you? do you want to have a party w...hi mike how are you? do you want to have a party where we cook omeletes?sasha fletcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05598998278435395487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256348635404703468.post-73900079838993620392009-04-28T19:31:00.000-04:002009-04-28T19:31:00.000-04:00They just asked me for the Ulysses deal and I made...They just asked me for the Ulysses deal and I made you the main character. Man, you will be pissed.<br /><br />YAHOO!!!<br /><br />SBlogSlothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08286657614256259879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256348635404703468.post-86080561246838722732009-04-28T19:14:00.000-04:002009-04-28T19:14:00.000-04:00also: I'm not convinced, what are the clues it was...also: I'm not convinced, what are the clues it was a satire?BLAKE BUTLERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01087017442473579674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256348635404703468.post-84011408517571700772009-04-28T18:59:00.000-04:002009-04-28T18:59:00.000-04:00satirizing wallpaper is not funnysatirizing wallpaper is not funnyBLAKE BUTLERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01087017442473579674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256348635404703468.post-27293201570411809092009-04-28T18:57:00.000-04:002009-04-28T18:57:00.000-04:00Re: Savage Detectives
Blake, it is called satire....Re: Savage Detectives<br /><br />Blake, it is called satire. As in, not sincere, meant to be funny. Loosen up a little!Michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256348635404703468.post-17659152882720677502009-04-28T18:23:00.000-04:002009-04-28T18:23:00.000-04:00You're just not a good enough cook to like Grace P...You're just not a good enough cook to like Grace Paley, Blake. Make some decent omelets and get back to me, BIZNITCH.Mike Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01125676207376106849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256348635404703468.post-88498909980147090692009-04-28T15:09:00.000-04:002009-04-28T15:09:00.000-04:00more fun!
*DJ's novels are a mess, for sure. But ...more fun!<br /><br />*DJ's novels are a mess, for sure. But even in the worst of them--maybe Stars at Noon?--there's some sure-fine parts....<br /><br />*Grace Paley. I am so with you. Just don't tell anyone.<br /><br />*Edson: Blake said it, not me!<br /><br />*Things: there's a reason everybody teaches this in high school now. It breaks down cleanly. It succumbs nicely to the old-fashioned critical approaches--Brooks and Penn Warren, Understanding Fiction, all that. Teachers say, Wow, I can cook this shit! I can get my students to eat it!<br /><br />I'm not sure that's all on O'Brien, though. So the anthologized stories--"Things," and "Sweetheart"-- are conventional. Not everything is totally conventional in there. I still like some of the shorter ones a lot.....Scott Garsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09017521423268789962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256348635404703468.post-45509816653614724082009-04-28T10:24:00.000-04:002009-04-28T10:24:00.000-04:00except for the parts about tits hanging Fiskadoro'...except for the parts about tits hanging Fiskadoro's a real sleeper...I beat my head against it for a few hours...Rauan Klassnikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02747804192744487009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256348635404703468.post-39794096953568562952009-04-28T10:09:00.000-04:002009-04-28T10:09:00.000-04:00One day, one year I like something, the next year ...One day, one year I like something, the next year I don't. I don't even know why people bother to announce favorites. I don't even know what a books is anymore. Sometimes I think I don't even know how to read anymore. I look at words and nothing makes sense. I like something, for a while, then forget about it. I give everything five stars or one star, what difference does it make. I like looking at my cats sleeping. They hold each other. Me? I'm off to look at pages in a book, hoping there will be something there for me though I don't know if there will be. Bags. Books. Salt. Bones. <br /><br />One hundred billion novels of one word each. What a library that would be.Jon Conehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397090185429465765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256348635404703468.post-63826010610991405832009-04-28T01:05:00.000-04:002009-04-28T01:05:00.000-04:00that is great news peter. really looking fwd to se...that is great news peter. really looking fwd to seeing you and david again. can't wait...BLAKE BUTLERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01087017442473579674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256348635404703468.post-50337461334141290262009-04-28T00:55:00.000-04:002009-04-28T00:55:00.000-04:00Blake,
Just got off the horn with David McLendon. ...Blake,<br />Just got off the horn with David McLendon. We're there for your reading in Ann Arbor. Looking forward to it most mightily.peter markushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219160931984297088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256348635404703468.post-54927597039986321142009-04-28T00:47:00.000-04:002009-04-28T00:47:00.000-04:00i like a lot of the stories in enormous changes at...i like a lot of the stories in enormous changes at the last minute i like the way the words move in general in them. i don't care for her other two books and her poetry sucks but i am saying i am proud to have enormous changes at the last minute in my bookshelf. whatever.sasha fletcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05598998278435395487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256348635404703468.post-31619313750389066462009-04-28T00:31:00.000-04:002009-04-28T00:31:00.000-04:00Brother Peter,
its not that i hate edson by any s...Brother Peter,<br /><br />its not that i hate edson by any stretch, i just think his percentage of great to merely mediocre or even 'fart in a bag' is way off. i'm way more often left cold and bored than i am thinking 'damn'<br /><br />as for ben marcus, well, mr. edson couldn't touch ben marcus with ten thousand hands. ben marcus runs circles around edson's career with that first book alone.<br /><br />but yeah, edson's got his moments where i'd agree w/ your assessment fully.<br /><br />'fiskadaro': i read that so long ago, but i do remember liking it more than 'jesus' son': perhaps i'll must the oompha<br /><br />:)<br /><br />norman lock is indeed the fucking master.BLAKE BUTLERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01087017442473579674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256348635404703468.post-54163776763451494492009-04-28T00:15:00.000-04:002009-04-28T00:15:00.000-04:00Brother Butler, we're brothers for sure, but I'm n...Brother Butler, we're brothers for sure, but I'm not with you on the Edson diss. While it's true that he's been doing the same thing over and over for 45 years, I still don't know of another sentence writer who brings both invention and language to the page the way that he does it. Ben Marcus, maybe, in "The Animal Husband." I also have to say that there are moments in the O'Brien where he hits the mark ("Style" and "Spin" are two that I sometimes go back to). And I know you're not nuts about Denis Johnson, but I'd say read (if you haven't already tried it) his most overlooked book Fiskadoro. It's the book of his I like the best. That said, it goes without saying that we could probably both name a couple of dozen lesser-known writers who deserve the sort of recognition that Paley and O'Brien have received. I've been re-reading Norman Lock's Trio of late and am amazed that there's not a statue of Lock in the vicinity of the Liberty Bell.peter markushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219160931984297088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256348635404703468.post-83035274947588152692009-04-27T22:37:00.000-04:002009-04-27T22:37:00.000-04:00michael, i doubt its just the translation, i dont ...michael, i doubt its just the translation, i dont see how the language could be that much better<br /><br />pr, we almost fully agreed! movin up<br /><br />matthew :PBLAKE BUTLERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01087017442473579674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256348635404703468.post-54501843390008869892009-04-27T22:36:00.000-04:002009-04-27T22:36:00.000-04:00thanks crispin :)thanks crispin :)BLAKE BUTLERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01087017442473579674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256348635404703468.post-60676148658291118742009-04-27T20:18:00.000-04:002009-04-27T20:18:00.000-04:00Re Edson's D and getting off it:
No.Re Edson's D and getting off it:<br /><br />No.The Man Who Couldn't Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02910718558602413449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256348635404703468.post-23084482110870378362009-04-27T17:20:00.000-04:002009-04-27T17:20:00.000-04:00I like Hemon's short stories in general, but did n...I like Hemon's short stories in general, but did not that novel. <br /><br />I'm not a Russell Edson fan. <br /><br />I liked The Things They Carried- I read it eons ago. <br /><br />But MAN- I am so with you on Grace Paley. It's been awhile since I've read her but I remember being greatly underwhelmed. And feeling guilty about it. Like I feel vaguely guilty about thinking Lorrie Moore is overrated and Geoff Dyer is annoying. <br /><br />And lastly, I will not be picking up Savage Detectives. I do want to familarize myself with some of his shorters works. We'll see if I get around to that.prhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01663468946842190730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256348635404703468.post-34673753776888992962009-04-27T16:54:00.000-04:002009-04-27T16:54:00.000-04:00Felt the same way about Savage Detectives. Could n...Felt the same way about Savage Detectives. Could not finish that book. I got lost somewhere in the middle when all the different narrators rambled and not in a good and interesting way but in a boring, rambly way. Maybe it was the translation? I dunno. Bored the fuck out of me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256348635404703468.post-585432556978303332009-04-27T15:52:00.000-04:002009-04-27T15:52:00.000-04:00"Behind the sky the second sky..."
shiiiiiiiiiiii..."Behind the sky the second sky..."<br /><br />shiiiiiiiiiiiiiit man<br />niceCrispin Besthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03235341466166046179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256348635404703468.post-3284657631231226922009-04-27T14:19:00.000-04:002009-04-27T14:19:00.000-04:00'the things they anally slept with'
i also stink ...'the things they anally slept with'<br /><br />i also stink and i'm a fuckface<br /><br />what can we do?<br /><br />:)BLAKE BUTLERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01087017442473579674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256348635404703468.post-10911458640368117272009-04-27T14:16:00.000-04:002009-04-27T14:16:00.000-04:00Finally, I agree with you (really agree with you) ...Finally, I agree with you (really agree with you) on something here.<br /><br />The Things They Carried is total Pigshit and Pigslop. It is worse than swineflu. <br /><br />That book's tongue changes ghastly colors so many times I nearly went blind yawning. Rolling my eyes.<br /><br />That being said, Butler, you<br />are a Malcontent, a Rabblerouser, and you are JUST ITCHING<br />itching<br />itching<br />itching<br /><br />:)Rauan Klassnikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02747804192744487009noreply@blogger.com