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― johnny crunch, Thursday, 2 July 2015 21:48 (eight years ago) link
http://review.gawker.com/25-unedited-excerpts-from-joshua-cohen-s-the-book-of-nu-1714663755
im coincidentally reading it rn, maybe 100 pages in -it's ok to good, too much and show-offy def, i feel like i skip like one of every 8th word and maybe im supposed to glaze thru it & its abt how we read ~online~ deep thots
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 2 July 2015 21:55 (eight years ago) link
this one 1 just read & is gold btw for "Words are garb." even tho he means it differently lol
Language itself is a burqa, an abaya—so many new words!...The garments that blacken even the tarmac, that blacken the lobby (irreligiously lavish). Words are garb. They’re cloaks. They conceal the body beneath. Lift up the hems of verbiage, peek below its frillies—what’s exposed? The hairy truth?
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 2 July 2015 21:59 (eight years ago) link
the excerpts i read seemed fucked up but not that bad. didn't notice all the nerdcore punchlines about beating his dick like it's leukemia i guess and the parts about arab women??
― dylannn, Thursday, 2 July 2015 22:04 (eight years ago) link
Naming your lead character after yourself and making it a thinly veiled slightly more despicable version of yourself is so basic. Literary fiction hack move.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 2 July 2015 22:05 (eight years ago) link
It's supposed to be edgy but just signifies being too lazy to name your characters.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 2 July 2015 22:09 (eight years ago) link
lol this thread
xxp
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 2 July 2015 22:40 (eight years ago) link