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Back in New York, Kooper received an itinerary for additional tour dates from Grossman’s office. Two dates at the end of the month in Texas jumped out at him: September 24 in Austin and September 25 in Dallas. “Noting that the tour stopped
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“Novels are narratives to be in. To live in. To exist in. Not primarily forms to jump into and get to the end of. It’s a substance that the great big novel becomes…which invites you to be in it, not necessarily to leave it. To move around in it. To move laterally.”
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“Forty minutes later, I leaned back in my chair, and looked at the thousand or so pages of manuscript towering on my desk. It hit me. Holy cow. This author had total control over this book. Total. And it was one of seven. One. Of. Seven.”
― William T. Vollmann: A Critical Companion
― William T. Vollmann: A Critical Companion
“-- Buddhism needs its fucking Nietzsche --”
― The Easy Chain
― The Easy Chain
“Though Marcus' essay extends over 13 pages of small text, at its core is a very simple premise: Contemporary American fiction has lost its innovative edge and its interest in language as art, and Jonathan Franzen is largely, if not exclusively, to blame.”
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“Most of the cruelty in the world is just misplaced energy.”
― On Beauty
― On Beauty
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