NP - Cat Person

[Gene DA]

Just read it, very much agree with Laura. And I am very interested in
hearing the answer to her question. What is the source of the anger? I've
glanced at a few of the short pieces cropping up in Atlantic, etc, but
they're not very informative of the differing responses.

On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 3:01 PM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's made a lot of men (and some women) very angry. It's a short story
> that's gone viral (the first?) and so opinions are many.
> As Mark mentioned the other weird thing is that some people are
> calling it an 'article' or 'essay' rather than fiction, and responding
> as such. Which is bizarre in itself, but also makes discussing it
> harder because there's a few Eng Lit 101 things that are skipped over
> - the protagonist's isn't the authorial view, for instance, and the
> moral ambiguities of the piece aren't necessarily a fault.
>
> On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 6:46 AM, Laura Kelber <laurakelber at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > A very astute, well-written, dead-on accurate rendering of thoughts and
> > feelings that most women who've dated have experienced, more or less. But
> > that very accuracy renders it less memorable. I gather that men
> experience
> > this story in a different way?
> >
> > Laura
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 6:53 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Reminds --in immediate diverse responses, including the will-never-die
> >> confusion of fiction with non-fiction by many readers--of Shirley
> >> Jackson's
> >> New Yorker story, The Lottery.
> >>
> >> John is so right about it being some kind of cultural symbol as well
> >> as a short story. I love 'is shit...
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
> >>
> >> > On Dec 11, 2017, at 3:07 AM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > If you've heard anything about this New Yorker short story (or if you
> >> > haven't) it's worth reading now before you develop too many
> >> > preconceptions. I've never seen a piece of fiction trend on Twitter,
> >> > inspire memes, and turn social media into a place for passionate
> >> > literary debate from both pro- and anti- camps. I certainly
> >> > flip-flopped many times while reading it myself, but I think it's very
> >> > helpful to go in without knowing what to expect. You'll hear people
> >> > talking about it soon.
> >> > https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/12/11/cat-person
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