Oh shit, yeah, I loved The Age of Wire & String and Notable American Women so so much when they came out. I forgot I had the Flame Alphabet, I need to track that down and read it.
― emil.y, Friday, 3 December 2021 22:27 (two years ago) link
away from fragmentation and towards more accessible narrative forms.
I think that's why I didn't get into it at the time, I was so so on fire for Age of Wire & String and it was.. not that
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 3 December 2021 22:30 (two years ago) link
There is some fragmentation as the book progresses, but yeah, it's certainly not going to scratch the same itch as AOWS
https://www.vqronline.org/fiction/2018/06/boys
This short story, from his most recent collection, is a pretty good litmus test (imo) for whether or not you're likely to get anything out of the latter-day Ben Marcus.
― Jimmy Iovine Eat World (bernard snowy), Sunday, 5 December 2021 21:04 (two years ago) link