We have seriously slacked off here. Let’s say this: The big fan 40-under-40 fiction issue arrived in our mailbox in Dubuque FOUR DAYS LATE. On a Friday, when usually the New Yucker arrives on a Monday or Tuesday. I guess they wanted to increase our anticipation.
They failed. The 40 under 40 just aren’t the most impressive writers on the planet, but we know it’s subjective. Did they REALLY need to include both Nicole Krauss and her husband, what’s his name?
Anyway…never mind picking on the literati; how’s the writing in this issue, and in future issues? Good question. We haven’t gotten to it yet. We’re just as lame as this blog. And in fact, it’s probably time to take a long hiatus from this blog, because it’s averaging two hits a day. Yes, two. And we’re too busy to do the job that should be done raking over the New Yucker.
We will probably be back from time to time, but the pressure to do this every week, when we have our own bad novels to splice commas in, is hard. So just don’t expect regular posts. We’d like to come back at some point, but life interferes.
Meanwhile, here’s some more lit gossip. Sports writer, one-time founder of the Black Table, and even sometime young-adult writer Will Leitch has finally gotten married after at least 17 failed attempts (he wrote about his first one). Congratulations to Leitch and the lovely Southern belle he has embraced.
That is all for now, but add comments!
Tags: Jonathan Safran Foer, New Yorker, Nicole Krauss, the Black Table, Will Leitch
September 28, 2010 at 9:11 am |
I’m just checking out this blog at long last– prodded to by an email from ’bout a year ago! that I stumbled upon when checking mail on an old email address of mine. If that makes any sense. (I have close to 20 email addresses. Don’t ask why. I don’t know.)
Anyway, your blog has a necessary place in the blogosphere– at least until The New Yorker finally goes under for being hopelessly archaic. Hope you post at least once a month. . . .
Best,
KW
October 9, 2010 at 7:24 pm |
Thanks, King! Glad you like it. I wish I had the time to keep up. I think it was a fun project, but I guess I have other things I have to get to now…I enjoy your own blog and your work toppling literary idols…keep it up!