Recognizing The Recognitions

Erik T. Burns eburns at gmail.com
Tue Mar 22 14:05:57 CDT 2011


foax: schooling is for fish.

I'm not sure a group read of _The Recognitions_ is going to work, here or
anywhere.

The book is very long and kind of takes over your life if you let it. (_J R_
too...)

That said, there's plenty to talk about.

etb

On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 4:16 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm glad to have been mistaken in tone-reading.  Re. The Recognitions,
> I know that many think it is brilliant.  If Erik can help me see that,
> I'll gladly pat attention.  I will follow the group read, but don't
> know I'll have any insight to contribute.
>
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Richard Ryan <himself at richardryan.com>
> wrote:
> > Lol -  au contraire (this is more evidence, if it were needed, that tone
> REALLY impossible to detect in e-mail):  like Mark, I thought the Gaddis
> quote Erik generously shared with us - as well as his pithy gloss - was
> brilliant.  I look FORWARD to being schooled.... PRESENTLY!
>
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