December 2009
4 posts
Another Nabokov Quote
“I don’t wish to touch hearts…I don’t even want to affect minds very much. What I really want to produce is that little sob in the spine of the artist-reader.”
Video interview here.
“Listen: I am ideally happy. My happiness is a kind of challenge. As I wander...”
– Vladimir Nabokov, “A Letter That Never Reached Russia.
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November 2009
6 posts
From Roberto Bolaño's Last Interview
Interviewer: What kinds of feelings do posthumous works awaken in you?
R.B.: Posthumous: It sounds like the name of a Roman gladiator, an unconquered gladiator. At least that’s what poor Posthumous would like to believe. It gives him courage.
“I’m not interested in writing short stories. Anything that doesn’t...”
– Cormac McCarthy. Full interview here.
September 2009
2 posts
March 2009
1 post
December 2008
16 posts
“I don’t see how any review could really spoil what may be among the most...”
– A.O. Scott on Seven Pounds.
“Androgynous,” The Replacements. Let...
This is one of the better covers I’ve heard...
Science Fiction Authors That Lit Geeks Think It's... →
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The snow makes me homesick. So does Defiance.
“Indeed, even now I have hopes that my only opportunities will be those...”
– Williams, Joy. State of Grace. New York: Vintage Contemporaries, 1973.
I'm losing my mind!
So, I applied to my fifth MFA program today (NYU), which means that—after months of fretting over my writing sample, and after spending $500+ on application and transcript fees—I have now completed almost 1/3 of the application process (I’m applying to 16 schools).
I hope this is worth it.
