tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27325099.post114705127240137531..comments2023-07-14T04:28:49.111-06:00Comments on Now What: whatLance Olsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13659209766706247259noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27325099.post-1147157231374292082006-05-09T00:47:00.000-06:002006-05-09T00:47:00.000-06:00Is Watt a what-knot? Is fiction-fiction a knot, o...Is Watt a what-knot? Is fiction-fiction a knot, or not what is, or perhaps what is not for note. Fortune is not when the body is a knot, so we tend to say, “loosen up.” A loose recluse whose not very good as a writer unless they lock themselves up in a hotel room with only wine and bread for forty days to write a book that absolves itself of the body.<BR/><BR/>Tantric words are not easily forgotten. We remember with our mouths wide open, waiting for the next bloody morsel.<BR/><BR/>What about Toni Morrison? Hasn't she risen above the iconic? I'm sure I read somewhere in her work that we must resolve to resist.<BR/><BR/>What is fiction? A not real knotted real story, just like us: one unreal story that is happening right now. Those who write fiction-fiction are those few writers who truly express life, or make real a life/lives or live a life long enough to write about it. However, there's too many good writers writing right now to read in one life time, let alone the “greats” who have already written.<BR/><BR/>So we have to pick and choose. We read a writer because someone said, “read them” and we're readers and trust their judgment. That's why everybody and their mother has press clippings and blurbs<BR/>from other writers plastering their books and their websites (“wish I could sell out like that” -Ann Magnuson). Perhaps Mr. P will make a new reader, who will go on to read the writers he mentions or admires. We should remember how many books it takes to be able to get to and through Beckett or Stein, or if we have the energy.<BR/><BR/>But don't get me wrong, I too love a quick read that makes me laugh and cry, but hopefully at the same time. Those are the second best books for me.<BR/><BR/>~Frank SauceFrank Saucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10926489233585746931noreply@blogger.com