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Alright, accept this, this is most of /lit/:
>thinks he knows about postmodernism because he's read Pynchon, DFW, etc
>BUT he hasn't read Nicanor Parra
What's your excuse? Oh, you haven't heard of him?
Let me tell you. 60 years ago he attempted to change our comprehension in a lot of levels (even and if not most important, ecologically, you can look this up) and yet everyone still thinks his poems are "lol so random" or just "quirky stuff about everyday life".
Not many people know this, but if Parra was more appropriately read, we wouldn't still be floating in this void called postmodernism.
The problem with our current culture that DFW attempted to resolve was already solved 60 YEARS ago by Parra, but no one seemed to notice.
Very few academics really "get" what he did. It's not an easy task, but I encourage you, /lit/, to read Nicanor Parra, and why not, study him, it's really needed right now.
As a bonus I'll add that Nicanor Parra was Bolaño's favorite poet by far.
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>>9863188
Thanks anon. Never heard of this guy, but this sort of obscure shit is what keeps me coming back to /lit/
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And as I thought, it seems nobody on /lit/ knows Parra.
Because why would you care about this crazy old man from this third world country?
It's not like he invented anti-poetry AND worked as a Physicist.
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>>9863446...at the same time.
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>>9863188
Actually, as a Violeta Parra fan I have heard of him.
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>>9863188
My excuse is that I can't fucking find a digital copy in English of any of his poetry and I've been looking for over a year.
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I have emergency poems on my desk rn. Really interested in his influence on Thomas Merton too. What are your thoughts on non para anti poetry and have you read Edith Grossman's book?
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>>9863188
I read some of his stuff back when I was 16 or so after he got some literary prize from my region I think. Can't remember the title. Neither can remember of any other impression about it rather than what you say about quirkyrandomness. Mind to elaborate on him?
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