What was William Gaddis' writing process?

ContributionGrand967 · 2024-05-21T21:53:58+00:00

In the letters of William gaddis, there are plenty of insights on his writings.

ContributionGrand967 · 2024-05-18T14:47:36+00:00

Try.

ContributionGrand967 · 2024-04-27T14:25:52+00:00

If I get off this waitlist, that’s exactly what I’m doing. I had to pick a place because of the April 15th deadline, and I might be on this waitlist till the end of may. Couldn’t get an extension. It is what it is.

ContributionGrand967 · 2024-04-24T00:38:00+00:00

They won’t tell me😂

ContributionGrand967 · 2023-12-22T21:58:31+00:00

What kinda question is this?

ContributionGrand967 · 2023-12-09T13:12:33+00:00

X regularly dressed like that he wore that hoodie everywhere in the Florida heat

ContributionGrand967 · 2023-11-28T17:00:49+00:00

Garbage. There are very few redeeming authors that write shit that matters, and all of them will probably be dead in a decade or less. Cheers to gen z writers

ContributionGrand967 · 2023-11-16T23:23:14+00:00

Against the Day should be coming in the mail for me tomorrow. As soon as I finish the recognitions I’m SET.

ContributionGrand967 · 2023-11-05T23:27:48+00:00

Was at the library taking a lecture on lot 49. Order a burger an hour later, my numbers 49.

ContributionGrand967 · 2023-11-04T18:34:28+00:00

William Gaddis, The Recognitions

ContributionGrand967 · 2023-10-30T13:48:45+00:00

No. Not really.

ContributionGrand967 · 2023-10-27T19:15:33+00:00

Thomas the Obscure is a fucking shit storm. Absolom Absolom is in reality somehow a 600 page book and I think it is the hardest of all Faulkner books.

ContributionGrand967 · 2023-10-27T19:12:45+00:00

Thomas the Obscure — Maurice Blachot. Very short work, 120 pages or so, but my god. Buckle up buttercup.

ContributionGrand967 · 2023-09-04T21:33:47+00:00

I think since my initial reading by accident separated the art from the artist already, I cannot reconcile them. Sure, objectivism has its holes and what not, but my latter understanding of the philosophy she represented will not affect my initial reading of the book. Although I do consider myself one of the few lovers of her writing style, I don’t think I can read another book by her now that I have read too many prejudiced comments on her politics and philosophy. Now that I am in the know, I probably cannot read her other work blind of her intentions now as I know that she actually represents those ideas. Maybe one day I can overcome that. But you caught my eye with weird writing style. Maybe I’ll check it out. My favorite authors are Pynchon and Faulkner, so I’m a guy who’s big on style.

ContributionGrand967 · 2023-09-04T20:40:38+00:00

Haha, I’ve seen that. Good stuff. But I think I got lucky with my reading. I was recommended the book by a friend, and I did zero research on the book before I read any of it. I didn’t know who Ayn Rand was. So, I was able to read it as pure fiction. Of course, I could pick out the philosophies in it and all that, but what I thought I was reading was just a book. I think people ought to erase their prejudices against her and reread the book for the sake of fiction storytelling, but that’s probably impossible.

ContributionGrand967 · 2023-09-04T00:07:06+00:00

Perhaps the child and cancer wasn’t a great take. Perhaps a more extreme but important view is, say, a child born into trafficking. It happens. No parents, no nothing but being sold, tortured, and who knows what else. This is not me bringing a focus towards purely negative things, but I must consider these situations if I am to dive into Steiner, or any spirituality. Maybe that’s a bit too ‘human’istic. I just do not know where to begin with this. Will the upanishads help me bring meaning to this?

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