This was my first reading. I really enjoyed it. Read it as a follow up to Everett's James: A Novel. I have a friend that runs the English department at a local university and am hoping to jump in on his teaching of Moby Dick.
How were the David Wong, otherwise known as Jason Pargin, books? I follow him on TikTok. Ps. I refuse to read On Writing. I can’t even stomach his latest novels, they are so poorly written.
If you haven’t read any Abdurraqib, I’d recommend him as well as Carvell Wallace. Justin Gardiner. Fantastic list you got going there, though. Well-done.
Wong X2 weren't really my jam, but no one can say those stories don't swing for the fences. I appreciated that and did draw from some of the hybrid elements in my short story, "Coyote Moon."
On Writing was good. Half memoir/craft. I read King's last collection and "meh." Too much brow beating for my taste. I get the sense his age has caught up to him. Hopefully we're all lucky enough to have the same problem one day...
Thanks for the recs and kind words. See you in a couple of weeks.
Dang! That’s a lotta reading! I taught Huck Finn, and each time I re-read it the slower it goes ….
This was my first reading. I really enjoyed it. Read it as a follow up to Everett's James: A Novel. I have a friend that runs the English department at a local university and am hoping to jump in on his teaching of Moby Dick.
How were the David Wong, otherwise known as Jason Pargin, books? I follow him on TikTok. Ps. I refuse to read On Writing. I can’t even stomach his latest novels, they are so poorly written.
If you haven’t read any Abdurraqib, I’d recommend him as well as Carvell Wallace. Justin Gardiner. Fantastic list you got going there, though. Well-done.
Wong X2 weren't really my jam, but no one can say those stories don't swing for the fences. I appreciated that and did draw from some of the hybrid elements in my short story, "Coyote Moon."
On Writing was good. Half memoir/craft. I read King's last collection and "meh." Too much brow beating for my taste. I get the sense his age has caught up to him. Hopefully we're all lucky enough to have the same problem one day...
Thanks for the recs and kind words. See you in a couple of weeks.
That was my first of his to read. I think The Terror is next for me.