Category: Bitching
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30% of “The Recognitions”/“Book of the New Sun”/Rereading/‘Difficult’ Reading in General
“To Mrs. M—, I was “a pompous snob, and a real ass-hole.” -Johnathan Franzen According to my kindle, I am 30 percent of the way through William Gaddis’ “The Recognitions”, which is a book that has a reputation of being a ‘difficult read’. Some of this reputation comes from Johnathan Franzen’s essay called “Mr. Difficult”,…
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Booktube/Stage Fright/Reading as a Hobby/A Further Introduction
Also, I mention a book I have not read, which will likely be a running feature. I like the idea of booktube. I’m a fan of “the video essay”, and long form YouTube videos in general. But ‘booktube’ is frequently awful. Generally speaking, when I find someone talking about something I am interested in, booktube…
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