NP - Cat Person

[John Bailey]

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On 12 Dec 2017 10:07 AM, "Gene DA" <genevievej.da at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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