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Moving in a cold way, funny in a dry way. Re-read it today with the transition from young adult to just Adult weighing on me, whatever that means, if anything. Fans of Larry David might enjoy
‘He’s a nice little fellow. When I first met him, he barely spoke. I determined that he liked words but in isolation, as individuals. He didn’t like them gathered together. He seemed to feel they got dumber gathered together.”
“I was with you when we moved in, Dad. His mother brought over that awful fudge.”
“Can’t recall the fudge.”
“To welcome us to the neighborhood. It was just awful.”
“We’re talking about fudge?”’
Mar 20, 2025
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This is the one that pulled me into Carver’s world for good.
As much about death as about love. “Why Don’t You Dance?” and the title story are sublime.
For grown ups.
Apr 20, 2024
Don DeLillo, Joy Williams, Raymond Carver, Ann Beattie, Jake Longstreth. that’s the ticket.
Feb 1, 2024
every character in the story is named Fanshawe and one of them dies of plaid. it's absolutely ridiculous, and my dad would just cackle reading it out loud to us. having someone read out loud to you is so lush. I keep the tab open to remind me how much my dad shared with me and the things that made us laugh--no one else in the family got it like we did and it just shows me how alike we were. now he's gone but I still read Fanshawe. we've got the magazine in his office somewhere with his little post-it bookmarking the page...kind of like my open bookmarked tab.
Apr 9, 2025
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Ok stay with me here. Too much public filming. This is going to discourage good weird public activity. We need people being weird in public. Odd dancing, carrying around insane items, freaked out fits, etc. Instead of a quick vid to show your friends, or, god forbid, *get internet clout*, people should be sketching the scene and describing it in colorful language. Now you have to take accountability for your opinion on the matter, your draftsmanship and writing gets better, and the public freaks have plausible deniability in the job interview. This goes for drunk man on the street tik tok videos as well. Put on a newsboy cap and start jotting. There should be exceptions like intentional performances or heinous crimes of course. I’m open to other exceptions I just can’t think of any rn. This will never be a reality but i can try
Feb 25, 2025
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The brits went crazy with this phrase. Some of their best work
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