Hello. I thought it high time to create some content for this sluggish blog that looks so forlorn - this was getting on my nerves since it''s set as my homepage in tribute to you all.
Yes, Em: I owe you an email!
I was at Border's today and wanted to rattle off some interesting new(-ish) books:
Blogosphere: The Best of Blogs (Reminds me of crisis-free social commentary; nothing critical here, lots of information. Master Lampe, please attack this one. Your innumerable online fans will be holding their breath until you do. Be a social servant, please).
The Better of McSweeney's, Volume One (while not as committed as their circulated and celebrated brainchild, The Believer, at least this collection doesn't look too terribly frivolous. Good authors included too)
Will in the World, by Greenblatt (Em, could you please give us the scoop in this book? Thought of you when I saw it today. I've seen bits and pieces about it on your esteemed blog)
How We are Hungry, by Eggers (Groan. More apparent self-indulgence by the author of A Heart-Breaking Work of Staggering Genius. Yes folks, irony as a cultural foundation is over. Passe. Move on!)
"Breakback Mountain," by Proulx (From her story collection Ace in the Hole. I was shocked to see that one of my favorite authors had sparked the current Hollywood controversy about the "gay cowboy" movie. I think this is unfortunate, since Proulx ought to known more her compelling work, like The Shipping News or Postcards)
Are Men Necessary?, by Dowd (Wow. Where do I begin? Em can you give us the compass?)
The Trouble with Poetry, by Collins (Brooks, this one's for you, baby. A new collection of poetry from the poet laureate. Shades of Heaney here?)
Summer Crossing, by Capote (Imagine the thrill of being a Capote fan or scholar right now. Yes, I do realize that Capote has been dead for a bit)
The Cambridge Companion to Nabokov, ed. Connolly (This one's for me. Yum yum is all I can say. Nabokovian criticism appears to be alive and well - confirming my quasi-decision to pursue it a bit more in graduate school. Really folks, a quality collection of essays not stuck in outdated modes of poststructuralist criticism)
As for my life ...
That's what emails are for!
Travis
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Apologies on the late reply... I've been without internet for the last month.
Greenblatt is interesting, entertaining and, sometimes, I think, correct. I asked for it for Christmas... its a very pleasant book.
I have not read the infamous Ms.Dowd's book, but she certainly dresses as if she thought men were necessary.
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