you are, unfortunately, a deceased fiction writer
― difficult listening hour, Monday, 30 July 2018 18:29 (five years ago) link
but how many of them love Jeffrey Eugenides
tough of ol jeff
― j., Monday, 30 July 2018 18:35 (five years ago) link
on*
― j., Monday, 30 July 2018 18:36 (five years ago) link
whoever is updating Jeffrey Eugenides' wiki page apparently does not love Jeffrey Eugenides
Jeffrey Kent Eugenides (born March 8, 1960) is an American novelist, nonce and short story writer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Eugenides
― soref, Monday, 30 July 2018 18:42 (five years ago) link
I feel like it says something about our era vs his that he once ironically titled a book of thinky essays “Consider the Lobster” whereas today we have a dude whose schtick is unironically to consider the lobster.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 10 May 2020 20:24 (three years ago) link
"Consider the Lobster" is an unironic consideration of lobsters tho
― flappy bird, Sunday, 10 May 2020 20:54 (three years ago) link
Very good long essay by Patricia Lockwood: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n14/patricia-lockwood/where-be-your-jibes-now
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 6 July 2023 00:53 (nine months ago) link