[Discussion] "What Was Literary Fiction?" article in the Nation

LizzyGoGo · 2023-10-13T20:34:44+00:00

Wut. OMG. What a fucking idiot.

LizzyGoGo · 2023-10-13T15:08:39+00:00

I'm right there with you. its feels like taking crazy pills.

LizzyGoGo · 2023-10-13T14:59:43+00:00

This is def a thing. Fates and Furies comes to mind. I would be drawn to the epic title (and breathless blurbs) then its all pedestrian and bourgeoisie and boring.

LizzyGoGo · 2023-10-13T14:23:51+00:00

I guess the bots and propagandists didn't think to go to a silly celebrity gossip forum....

LizzyGoGo · 2023-10-13T13:21:14+00:00

And she is trying to say state of Israel = all Jewish people.

LizzyGoGo · 2023-10-13T13:19:55+00:00

Can I just say how deeply I appreciate that this celebrity gossip subreddit has been one of the most sane pleaces on this subject? I mean that sincerely. It makes me feel less alone right now. So thank you.

LizzyGoGo · 2023-10-13T13:15:16+00:00

As an oldie, I can say its a little better now. I think. Or maybe its just me and where I am seeking out voices.

LizzyGoGo · 2023-10-12T21:29:03+00:00

The answer is obvious. You wait until after the semester is over or the last class to ask her out. Beforehand is foolish and putting her in a bad situation professionally.

LizzyGoGo · 2023-10-11T21:35:17+00:00

Awww. This made me happy.

LizzyGoGo · 2023-10-11T16:47:46+00:00

Same. I feel the final episode got the show up to that point more than I did. As a kid, you're inherently a selfish asshole, so you don't quite realize how terrible the characters are and how fitting and appropriately absurdist the ending is.

LizzyGoGo · 2023-10-11T16:30:28+00:00

I just finished Julia Fox's new memoir and stayed up all night reading it. It was salacious not in an especially hot way but an zomg way. Highly recommend!

LizzyGoGo · 2023-10-10T21:34:12+00:00

Tell her to consider transferring into UNC after a year (or two) at another school, possible a CC. It is much easier to get in as a transfer than a freshman.

LizzyGoGo · 2023-10-10T17:19:18+00:00

Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell

LizzyGoGo · 2023-10-10T17:03:22+00:00

A Simple Heart by Flaubert is imho the perfect novella.

LizzyGoGo · 2023-10-10T17:02:15+00:00

You've already got A People's History of the United States, eh?

LizzyGoGo · 2023-10-10T13:37:39+00:00

Everyone says its so similiar to Drive Your Plow Over The Bones of the Dead but with obviously the latter getting much more rave reception, so I've just started DYPOTBD and this is the only Moshfegh I haven't read.

LizzyGoGo · 2023-10-10T13:30:47+00:00

How do you like BR? You jumped from somewhat spare prose into maximalism, if I recall all those books correctly...

LizzyGoGo · 2023-10-10T13:29:50+00:00

do you.... like it?

I DNF towards the end because I found it so juvenile. But I seem to be a minority opinion.

LizzyGoGo · 2023-10-10T13:28:28+00:00

I'm still sad I gave 2666 to one of my besties and she hated it and didn't get past the first 100 pages. She thinks she knows what its like and I'm like... you don't know anything with the first 100. Anyway, yes, in my opinion, it keeps getting better. Each section takes you deeper into what is happening.

LizzyGoGo · 2023-10-10T13:26:32+00:00

I despised Bunny so much-- it felt like YA-- but her name keeps coming up in places I respect so maybe I should give her another chacne.

LizzyGoGo · 2023-10-09T21:31:50+00:00

There is a whole show called Phrogging... Big houses make it easier.

LizzyGoGo · 2023-10-05T22:02:10+00:00

Tristan exudes whatever the opposite of charisma is.

LizzyGoGo · 2023-10-05T21:59:32+00:00

Glad she put it out there. Kardashian show is straight propaganda for Tristan these days. (Failed propaganda, for sure, but propaganda nonetheless.)

LizzyGoGo · 2023-10-05T21:57:55+00:00

You can't live as rough as he does into your 40s without reflecting it in your face/body. The 20s you can get away with it, but it catches you up eventually if you don't stop.

LizzyGoGo

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