Gaddis not P.....new intro by Joy Williams

[rich]

Joy Williams intro to new NYRB ed of JR is quite good

rich

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2020/10/19/william-gaddiss-disorderly-inferno/

On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 1:45 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> The Recognitions is his first masterpiece....
> The Recognitions is to GR what JR is to Mason & Dixon...in their writers'
> achievements....
>
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 1:40 PM Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > "The Rush for Second Place" is a collection of Gaddis essays and
> marginalia
> > that might actually be my favorite single book of his, as it is like a
> > treasure chest full of literary wonders.
> >
> > But of course JR is his masterpiece (IMO).
> >
> > Jerky
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 10:19 AM Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks for the tip!
> > >
> > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 8:31 AM Erik T. Burns <eburns at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have said this before here but if you need some "extra Gaddis" you
> > > > should definitely listen to Nick Sullivan do the voices on the
> > audiobook
> > > > versions of The Recognitions and J R. I listened in my car over the
> > > course
> > > > of a commuting year and it was an amazing experience.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 12:58 PM Arthur Fuller <
> > fuller.artful at gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> I think Gaddis is perhaps my favorite novelist. I started with *JR*,
> > > >> then went back to *The Recognitions*. I love *A Frolic of His Own*,
> > too.
> > > >> I managed to find a collection of short stories as well. As soon as
> > I've
> > > >> finished WIlliam Gibson's *The Peripheral*, I think I'll re-read
> both
> > > *The
> > > >> Recognitions* and *JR*.
> > > >>
> > > >> On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 7:40 PM rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>> thx, Erik. man do i miss Gaddis
> > > >>>
> > > >>> rich
> > > >>>
> > > >>> On Sat, Oct 17, 2020 at 3:41 PM Erik T. Burns <eburns at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>> > C. Beha reviews Gaddis's J R and The Recognitions (new editions
> out
> > > >>> from
> > > >>> > the NYRB) in Harper's
> > > >>> >
> > > >>> > https://beta.trimread.com/articles/44357
> > > >>> >
> > > >>> > On Sat, Oct 17, 2020 at 8:28 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com
> >
> > > >>> wrote:
> > > >>> >
> > > >>> > >
> > > >>> > >
> > > >>> >
> > > >>>
> > >
> >
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