More happens in the first fifty pages of Bad Marie by Marcy Dermansky than in entire novels I’ve read this…
Posts tagged 2010 Books
Literary husbandry
In my head if Mary Gaitskill’s writing and Philip Roth’s writing were to meet, have sex, and create a baby,…
Hold me closer, Tiny Cooper
This is the tale of two Will Graysons. Capitalized Will Grayson who is BFFs with Tiny Cooper, a huge gay…
The Great Literary Penis Embargo of 2010
That whole Franzen/Picoult/Wiener “boys get all the attention” kerfuffle, made me acutely aware that my To Read pile was leaning…
Tiger Beat: The Dead Author Special Issue
There is no way for me to adequately review David Lipsky’s erm, book-length interview? biography? of David Foster Wallace, Although…
A little bit of psychic humor
I tried really hard to hate Super Sad True Love Story. My past experiences reading Gary Shteyngart have left me…
Misery loves company
I need you to journey back in time with me. Back to the place before my brain was infected with…
A step down from Scott Pilgrim
Once I chewed through every Scott Pilgrim book currently available, I felt a little bereft. What was I going to…
Not a swallower
It’s never a good sign when it takes you months and months to read a book. It’s an even worse…