NOT TORN

Asunder from the very start

Friday, July 2, 2010

Book Time: Prochnik’s “In Pursuit of Silence”


In Pursuit of Silence: Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise, George Prochnik, 2010

Many interesting bits.

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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Pogue Harrison’s “Gardens”


Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition, Robert Pogue Harrison, 2008

Can you be erudite and cranky at the same time? Like a high-brow Andy Rooney? Well, he keeps it short, and also keeps the ideas and associations flying.

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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Milgrom’s “Still Life”


Still Life: Adventures in Taxidermy, Melissa Milgrom, 2009

Really good, lively journalism.

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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Niebank’s “Agaat”


Agaat, Marlene van Niebank, 2009

I should have hated this: a 600-page family saga taking place on a South African farm. But Niebank writes so extraordinarily well — some unholy alliance between Faulkner, Ondaatje and Marilynne Robinson.

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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Book Time: Harding’s “Tinkers”


Tinkers, Paul Harding, 2009

A bit arty, but not bad at all.

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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Movie Time: Leigh’s “Nuts in May”


Nuts in May, Mike Leigh, 1976

Amazingly good! Who else can mix light comedy, sharp satire (which never has a trace of bitterness), and a harrowing kind of nihilism. Every character, every gesture, every scene and line of dialog (and song) is equally weighted.

posted by admin at 11:10  

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Book Time: Carson’s “Economy of the Unlost”


Economy of the Unlost, Anne Carson, 1999

I’m not sure how much I want to write poetry like Carson — a little bit, sure — but now I’m sure I want to write essays like her.

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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Movie Time: Get Him to the Greek


Get Him to the Greek, Nicholas Stoller, 2010

I think its one of the best Apatow movies, even if it becomes kind of plotty.

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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Book Time: Hartman’s “Lose Your Mother”


Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route, Saidiya Hartman, 2009

Marked by Hartman’s unwaveringly brutal and incisive eye.

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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Book Time: Smith’s “Just Kids”


Just Kids, Patti Smith, 2010

Beautiful.

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