The Literature of Waste

[David Morris]

The rebellious postal service and its acronym. There are endless ways to
riff on "waste" in TRP's books, but what of its meaning related to
W.A.S.T.E.?  How does "waste" figure in COL49?

David Morris

On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 4:02 PM Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com>
wrote:

> One of my favorite comments on the subject.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKqpaWUFHdo
>
> On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 10:00 AM Laura Kelber <laurakelber at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I've always associated the use of the acronym W.A.S.T.E. in COL49 as
> > perhaps a double reference to getting "wasted" and to wasted human lives,
> > i.e. to those that are marginalized from the presented mainstream. I
> never
> > read it as connected to the waste of consumerist society on an
> > environmental level - though the opening Tupperware party is a warning
> > sign. Just curious how/if the novel poses and illuminates environmental
> > issues (though I see that discard studies covers more than the strictly
> > environmental).
> >
> > Laura
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 2, 2019, 11:43 AM Nicole Bennett <nlbennett at gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > > I have this book and, as an English lit. academic interested in discard
> > > studies, use it often in my research. Unfortunately, the author
> overlooks
> > > the centrality of waste in books like *The Crying of Lot 49* and
> > *Gravity's
> > > Rainbow* (she works mostly on medieval literature). There is some
> > > interesting stuff on more recent authors (Beckett, Calvino, Eliot
> > > [obviously]), but I also found the style of the book to be a bit
> > haphazard
> > > for my tastes. It's more of an observation of the different ways the
> > > concept of waste functions across a vast range of literature.
> Definitely
> > a
> > > great reference, though, for those who can afford it. Academic books
> are
> > so
> > > stubbornly and frustratingly pricey.
> > >
> > > On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 8:41 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> > > > From: Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
> > > > Date: Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 9:34 AM
> > > > Subject:
> > > > To: Me at G <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?index=books&linkCode=qs&keywords=9781137394446
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