Nora Bossong recommends Mason & Dixon as Corona reading because it has so many pages ...

[Jochen Stremmel]

Do you know the epitaph he wrote for himself?

Malcolm Lowry
Late of the Bowery
His prose was flowery
And often glowery
He lived, nightly, and drank, daily,
And died playing the ukulele.




Am Mi., 1. Apr. 2020 um 01:54 Uhr schrieb rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>:

> man, if ever there was a guy who cut through human stupidity it was Gaddis.
> I'd say that was a good reason to read him now
>
> Lowry. quite obsessed with him over the years. recommend the long bio
> Pursued by Furies. i even wrote a little poem for him
>
> rich
>
> for Malcolm Lowry
>
> From your barstool made of horse-headed hells
>
> was forged the aching bone splendor of naked Canadian daughters
>
> secluded forest spring waters
>
> a god’s love for pariah dogs
>
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 6:26 PM Erik T. Burns <eburns at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Don't forget Gaddis for your list of doorstoppers. My favorite is J R but
> > The Recognitions is incredible and A Frolic of His Own is hilarious.
> (They
> > are all hilarious, to be sure. Carpenter's Gothic shorter, still very
> > good).
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 10:39 PM John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Gary: I just read Mishima's Confessions of a Mask and damn he's a hell
> > > of a writer. Absolutely of interest to fans of Pynchon (esp. GR).
> > >
> > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 8:02 AM Allan Balliett <
> allan.balliett at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > For those as lazy as I am right now, I have a virtual copy of the
> > Albert
> > > > Finney UNDER THE VOLCANO that I'm happy to loan. Contact me off
> P-List
> > > for
> > > > details.
> > > >
> > > > -Allan in WV
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 4:39 PM Thomas Eckhardt <
> > > thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Just see to it that your children do not destroy the garden.
> > > > >
> > > > > Am 31.03.2020 um 16:03 schrieb Jochen Stremmel:
> > > > >
> > > > > > (Drinking mezcal, I'm reading Under the Volcano: what a great
> > book.)
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