http://authorscoop.com/2008/07/27/a-readers-manifesto/ The Latest in Literary News Thu, 17 May 2012 09:36:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://authorscoop.com/2008/07/27/a-readers-manifesto/#comment-973 Jamie Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:59:02 +0000 http://authorscoop.com/?p=522#comment-973 Not to mention I am not an Annie Proulx fan. Not to mention I am not an Annie Proulx fan.

]]> http://authorscoop.com/2008/07/27/a-readers-manifesto/#comment-972 Jamie Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:56:44 +0000 http://authorscoop.com/?p=522#comment-972 Oh. My. God. How much do I love this essay? It's like a massage. I actually believed, for a little while, that everything would be okay. Oh. My. God. How much do I love this essay? It’s like a massage. I actually believed, for a little while, that everything would be okay.

]]> http://authorscoop.com/2008/07/27/a-readers-manifesto/#comment-970 William Haskins Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:30:03 +0000 http://authorscoop.com/?p=522#comment-970 thanks for stopping by and for the comment, chris. i agree it's a great essay. myers has a crisp writing style that makes it all the more pleasurable. thanks for stopping by and for the comment, chris. i agree it’s a great essay. myers has a crisp writing style that makes it all the more pleasurable.

]]> http://authorscoop.com/2008/07/27/a-readers-manifesto/#comment-969 chris johnson Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:48:33 +0000 http://authorscoop.com/?p=522#comment-969 A great essay, William. One of my favorite bits: "All interpretations of the above passage are allowed, even encouraged—except, of course, for the most obvious one: that Auster is simply wasting our time." Overall it's like a wonderfully updated version of Twain's "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences," because a lot of that prose is as bad in its own way as Cooper's was. I liked the last bit, too: "Whatever happens, the old American scorn for pretension is bound to reassert itself someday, and dear God, let it be soon. In the meantime, I'll be reading the kinds of books that Cormac McCarthy doesn't understand." A great essay, William. One of my favorite bits:
“All interpretations of the above passage are allowed, even encouraged—except, of course, for the most obvious one: that Auster is simply wasting our time.”
Overall it’s like a wonderfully updated version of Twain’s “Fenimore Cooper’s Literary Offences,” because a lot of that prose is as bad in its own way as Cooper’s was.
I liked the last bit, too:
“Whatever happens, the old American scorn for pretension is bound to reassert itself someday, and dear God, let it be soon. In the meantime, I’ll be reading the kinds of books that Cormac McCarthy doesn’t understand.”

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