Good Country People is my fave.
LOVE!!!!
Your screenplay reminded me very much ofa Flanney O'Connor story, BTW.
I'm just trying to tell you that we have nothing in common besides both of us liking your penis.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
Natter 56: ...we need the writers.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Allyson - Jan 16, 2008 1:02:36 pm PST #3745 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
-t - Jan 16, 2008 1:04:03 pm PST #3746 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, there was a short-story, I can't remember the title or author where I read it, but it was about a woman who had a dream that someone stood at the foot of her bed and told her that if she cut off a toe she could prevent a disaster - it was her toe or a ship going down. She tells herself it's just a dream, etc., the next morning the newspaper has news of the ship going down, of course. So she sharpens a knife to keep on her nightstand so she'll be ready the next time.
Nutty - Jan 16, 2008 1:07:03 pm PST #3747 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
"Axolotl" by Julio Cortazar (They don't have to be American, right?)
"Views of my Father Weeping" by Donald Barthelme
"The Girl Detective" by Kelly Link
"Giovanni's Room" by James Baldwin
"I Stand Here Ironing" by Tillie Olsen
"Zeroville" by Steve Erickson
...Are these for adults or kids? Because I have a bunch of collections right here I can recommend.
Susan W. - Jan 16, 2008 1:13:30 pm PST #3748 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Class began, I was all geared up to open my mouth (which I never did in this class) and launch into academia-speak for "Dudes! This fuckin' rocks!" and the guy who'd brought it in said, "So, this story was certainly my single greatest creative influence as a teenager and was such a huge part of why I wanted to become a writer. But now I look at it and I'm amazed that it ever had such power over me. It's juvenile and obvious and I really feel a sense of relief, looking back and seeing how much I've grown past this."
Heh. On the one hand, I've been in that position so. many. times. I love something, think it's brilliant, and either praise it or am about to...and someone comes up with one of those remarks to the effect that anyone who sees any merit in this MUST lack taste or be shallow and juvenile or whatever.
OTOH, I've also on many occasions tried something as an adult that moved me 10 or 20 years ago, and been all, "Really, YoungerSusan? That?! Why?!" And I still haven't figured out if there's a polite way to say that Book X used to move me but I must've outgrown it or something that doesn't insult all the grown-ups who still love it.
Steph L. - Jan 16, 2008 1:13:52 pm PST #3749 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Shambleau.
Utterly creepy, man.
Burrell - Jan 16, 2008 1:16:11 pm PST #3750 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I love "The Dead" by Joyce. I'm so predictable.
amych - Jan 16, 2008 1:18:07 pm PST #3751 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I'm so predictable.
But it's so, so good.
(Yes, folks, that's many years of expensive training in criticism you see up there.)
Also, this whole discussion is reminding me of how much I love the short story, and yet I so seldom read them any more. Hmm.
Atropa - Jan 16, 2008 1:20:07 pm PST #3752 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Also, this whole discussion is reminding me of how much I love the short story, and yet I so seldom read them any more. Hmm.
Oh, short story collections are my favorite way to find new authors.
Burrell - Jan 16, 2008 1:20:08 pm PST #3753 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Also, this whole discussion is reminding me of how much I love the short story, and yet I so seldom read them any more. Hmm.
I was thinking the same thing. Also I'm annoyed at myself because I have read plenty of recent short stories and yet none are coming to mind right now.
juliana - Jan 16, 2008 1:21:54 pm PST #3754 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I'm annoyed at myself because I have read plenty of recent short stories and yet none are coming to mind right now.
This is me. I need to be in front of my books to give good rec.