>So I come to writing from a pretty hard-core, abstract place. It comes out of technical philosophy and continental European theory, and extreme avant-garde shit. I'm not talking Pynchon and Gaddis. That's commercial avant-garde.
What did he mean by this?
I am art, I am edge, look at me go.
>>9166567
god i skimmed some of that interview and dfw always sounds like such an asshat
>It's really designed more like a piece of music than like a book, so a lot of it consists of leitmotifs and things that curve back
every novelist like ever has done this, you didn't invent using motifs in a book dipshit
>>9166578
this is one of the best things i've ever read on 4chan
>>9166567
He meant the Oulipo writers and Thomas Bernhard and such, as opposed to American meganovelists.
so anon, how's your story coming along?
>>9165251
>mfw I will never get the qt in blue
>>9166314
>dr. who fan
not even once
Is love stronger than death?
>>9164343
They're the same. Love's precisely what keeps Death alive, as it were; and Death what makes Love so vitally interesting, for awhile... So you see? Love really does conquer All!
>>9164343
No. Entropy conquers even the universe.
>>9164458
Are you suggesting that the sci-bot terminology conquers the lit, which is to say, the human? Personally, I think the neo-atheism obsession with G was a dodge not to have to consider the non-entity that moves Science itself: Mammon. That we can gather no evidence of Mammon's actual existence doesn't negate the fact that the Mamster bitch-lords it ueber das Sci-Sci forever and aye! So there!
>age
>location
>book you're currently reading and how do you like it
>22
>Las Vegas
>Nicomachean Ethics
s'good. Real good.
>23
>PNW
>quick IJ reread
up next- some Natsumi Soseki and Yukio Mishima
>28
>Ontario, Canada
>Don Quixote - I love it.
This poem seems too simple. Am I missing something?
I've interpreted it essentially as the reality of old age and the process of dying (likely inspired by his father's death two years prior to publication). William's was also an imagist so that explains why nothing is blatantly explained.
Is there anything else?
>>9172881
>they are buffeted by a dark wind
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Oh yes...very good!....very sloppy and wet my dear....hmmmmm...is that a drop of nugget I see on the rim?...hmmmm.....let me.....let me just have a little taste before the sniff my darling.......hmmmmm....hmm..yes....that is a delicate bit of chocolate my dear....ah yes....let me guess...curry for dinner?....oh quite right I am....aren't I?....ok....time for sniff.....sssssnnnnnnniiiiiiiiffffffff.....hmmm...hhhmmmmm I see...yes....yes indeed as well curry......hmmm....that fragrance is quite noticeable....yes.....onion and garlic chutney I take it my dear?.....hmmmmm....yes quite.....
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Oh I was not expecting that…that little gust my dear….you caught me off guard…yes…so gentle it was though…hmmmm…let me taste this little one…just one small sniff…..sniff…ah….ssssssnnnnnniiiiiffffffffffff…and yet…so strong…yes…the odor….sniff sniff…hmmm….is that….sniff….hmmm….I can almost taste it my dear…..yes….just…sniff….a little whiff more if you please…..ssssssnnnnnniiiiiffffffffff…ah yes I have it now….yes quite….hhhhmmmm…delectable my dear…..quite exquisite yes…..I dare say…sniff….the most pungent one yet my dear….ssssnnnnniiiifffffffffffffffffffffff….yes….
>>9172888
Nice.
>>9172888
I don't know how much longer I can browse this site
Have you ever bought a multi-volume set? What sets are relevant for a personal collection?
>>9172696
No. I don't know.
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Bought this.
>>9172718
Timestamp with dickpic.
>i fell for the "don't subvocalize" meme
seriously, fuck you retards that say this.
vocaroo or gtfo
>>9172564
I don't understand why you would do this.
Part of reading is savoring the prose. How can you fully appreciate a book without taking it in one piece at a time?
Don't subvocalize when you read Joyce Meyers, maybe, but for actual literature it just makes it better.
>>9172564
yeah, it's bullshit and robs you of an inner voice to help integrate new rhythms and styles into your own foundation of thoughts. subvocalization is an incredible tool and should never be lost. if there are any people who don't subvocalize, they read as robots do, and doubtlessly have never had the joy of reading a book as it was written.
Frankenstein
huckleberry finn
no country for old men
a pilgrim at tinker creak
journey to the west
dharma bums
The Scarlet Letter desu
Read his books.
No.
Read Henry George. Fuck this guy.
>>9170905
Go away /pol/
>>9170991
>/pol/
>imlying that Sowell is even pretend-tolerated by the stormcucks
What's stopping you?
You do realise waiting for an idea is retarded, right? You do realise waiting for that moment, that burst, of pure genius to come is a pipe-dream, correct?
Just write, idiot!Just write!
>>9169954
Post a sample.
no one will read you
But I dont know what to write about
That idea or "burst" usually comes at night, so I dont sweat it
Am I supposed to read this as prose?
Or should I imagine Homer telling me this story?
Have a young man read it aloud to you, while you stuff his boypucci.
>>9169650
Johnny Cash Did it as an audiobook
>>9169650
read it aloud around a bonfire with some mates and some grog, preferably after a good meal concluding a day of physical toil
does reading increase the IQ
IQ tests only tell how good people are at answering IQ tests
statistics are a meme: see democracy
just start with the greeks and lift weights
>>9167194
As we all know, IQ is pretty much determined by what race you're in. If you're skrewed, you are skrewed for good, nothing you can do dumbhead
>>9167202
>t. brainlet
Memeing aside, intelligence is something you're born with. Reading may provide you with extra knowledge/perspective, but it's not gonna make you more intelligent.
Where could we go after postmodernism?
You know what, fuck 4chab and all it's inhabitants I'm hojghvj fugkxrnccmtmm
Fez: DCB DDB;
>>9167154
Probably Neo Modernism or something along those lines. Irony is out; sentiment is in.
>>9167160
I see you've been reading my diary
>“Men always say that as the defining compliment, don’t they? She’s a cool girl. Being the Cool Girl means I am a hot, brilliant, funny woman who adores football, poker, dirty jokes, and burping, who plays video games, drinks cheap beer, loves threesomes and anal sex, and jams hot dogs and hamburgers into her mouth like she’s hosting the world’s biggest culinary gang bang while somehow maintaining a size 2, because Cool Girls are above all hot. Hot and understanding. Cool Girls never get angry; they only smile in a chagrined, loving manner and let their men do whatever they want. Go ahead, shit on me, I don’t mind, I’m the Cool Girl. Men actually think this girl exists. Maybe they’re fooled because so many women are willing to pretend to be this girl. For a long time Cool Girl offended me. I used to see men – friends, coworkers, strangers – giddy over these awful pretender women, and I’d want to sit these men down and calmly say: You are not dating a woman, you are dating a woman who has watched too many movies written by socially awkward men who’d like to believe that this kind of woman exists and might kiss them. I’d want to grab the poor guy by his lapels or messenger bag and say: The bitch doesn’t really love chili dogs that much – no one loves chili dogs that much! And the Cool Girls are even more pathetic: They’re not even pretending to be the woman they want to be, they’re pretending to be the woman a man wants them to be. Oh, and if you’re not a Cool Girl, I beg you not to believe that your man doesn’t want the Cool Girl. It may be a slightly different version – maybe he’s a vegetarian, so Cool Girl loves seitan and is great with dogs; or maybe he’s a hipster artist, so Cool Girl is a tattooed, bespectacled nerd who loves comics. There are variations to the window dressing, but believe me, he wants Cool Girl, who is basically the girl who likes every fucking thing he likes and doesn’t ever complain. (How do you know you’re not Cool Girl? Because he says things like: “I like strong women.” If he says that to you, he will at some point fuck someone else. Because “I like strong women” is code for “I hate strong women.”)”
Is this supposed Cool Girl phenomenon real?
What state of feces is this shit.
>>9166879
The hot crime fiction novel of the decade, of course!
>>9166873
>he wants Cool Girl, who is basically the girl who likes every fucking thing he likes and doesn’t ever complain
A novel thought.
How are you doing so far /lit/?
I have only read 1 book so far, but I started like 3 weeks ago and I'm feeling really motivated now.
Goal was 26 books so one every two weeks. So far I'm at 9 so I'm considering increasing my goal to 50 since that's my current pace.
>>9165773
I've read 2, but to be fair, one of them wasInfinite Jest.