September 9, 2009

Why Must the Novel Be Boring?

Yesterday, in my Fiction II class, as the students introduced themselves I asked them to speak about what they’d been reading over the summer. One student impressively admitted to reading both Underworld and Infinite Jest. Another, though, shyly said she was reading YA novels. “I suspect they’re more fun,” she said. “To read or to [...]

September 9, 2009

Mary Gaitskill, circa 2000

Mary Gaitskill, on victimization and personal responsiblity in viewing art.