how persuasive is wilderness of error? there was a lot of stuff in fatal vision that seemed pretty dang damning

considering that jr and carpenters gothic each knocked me on my ass i should prob get around to that

- house of all nations by christina stead (wicked cool late-'30s doorstopper novel about asshole bankers — serious shades of 2008 going on in there)
- a bunch of ann beattie (tao lin needs to read chilly scenes of winter to laern how to write about boredom without being boring)
- intercourse by andrea dworkin (way less…

moon deluxe for sure, the story "shopgirls" in particular — if you'd prefer a novel try tracer maybe

moon deluxe for sure, the story "shopgirls" in particular — if you'd prefer a novel try tracer maybe

donald barthelme owns a lot — if you get a chance check out his brother frederick's stuff too, it's like raymond carver's benadryl dreams

donald barthelme owns a lot — if you get a chance check out his brother frederick's stuff too, it's like raymond carver's benadryl dreams

hood rules everybody listen to hood (rustic houses forlorn valleys is maybe the best [maybe])

hood rules everybody listen to hood (rustic houses forlorn valleys is maybe the best [maybe])

huh its almost as if not everyone considers the author to be the supreme arbiter of the meaning and interpretation of her or his work!

huh its almost as if not everyone considers the author to be the supreme arbiter of the meaning and interpretation of her or his work!

"an ever-more-toxic mix of reckless behavior and criminal cruelty into our homes"

"an ever-more-toxic mix of reckless behavior and criminal cruelty into our homes"

"enjoyment" is an outmoded paradigm

"enjoyment" is an outmoded paradigm

pretty interesting that a show that engages so fully with the 9/11 "by any means" rhetoric of ruthlessness stuff has such a streak of cowardice when it comes to offing characters who are compelling but whom logic dictates have no business being around anymore, like to the point of bending its logic in silly pretzels…

pretty interesting that a show that engages so fully with the 9/11 "by any means" rhetoric of ruthlessness stuff has such a streak of cowardice when it comes to offing characters who are compelling but whom logic dictates have no business being around anymore, like to the point of bending its logic in silly pretzels…

in hindsight liking all those chinese spam comments with shortened urls may have been a misstep

in hindsight liking all those chinese spam comments with shortened urls may have been a misstep

there's no cause for surprise, this is a natural consequence of sexual determinism under the kyriarchal hegemon