Joseph Grammer's Blog - Posts Tagged "suburbs"
The Sportswriter
This book should be boring, but it's not (usually). Suburbs, taxes, minutiae of daily life. Blerg blerg.
Lots of meditations on life, some disgustingly cliche, some really nice and clarifying. The action takes place so slowly I'm amazed it had any momentum, but it does. The scene in Detroit is one of my favorites.
Mystery, dealing with the fragile moment and being somewhat hopeful about it, avoiding regret -- these are all part of this American novel, and it feels good because of these ideas.
I saw Richard Ford speak once, and he claims his female characters are as richly drawn as his male, even though he writes from male perspectives. His evidence for this is his strong-willed mother and his appreciation for Eudora Welty, who lived near his house in Mississippi, and his wife, who would "tell him" if he got a woman wrong. What do you think? (He's slightly full of shit.)
Normalcy, being unapologetic for one's life, being alternately grateful for your fate and completely terrified by it.
Sports is a good topic for indirectly bridging connection, or avoiding any completely.
Batter up.
Lots of meditations on life, some disgustingly cliche, some really nice and clarifying. The action takes place so slowly I'm amazed it had any momentum, but it does. The scene in Detroit is one of my favorites.
Mystery, dealing with the fragile moment and being somewhat hopeful about it, avoiding regret -- these are all part of this American novel, and it feels good because of these ideas.
I saw Richard Ford speak once, and he claims his female characters are as richly drawn as his male, even though he writes from male perspectives. His evidence for this is his strong-willed mother and his appreciation for Eudora Welty, who lived near his house in Mississippi, and his wife, who would "tell him" if he got a woman wrong. What do you think? (He's slightly full of shit.)
Normalcy, being unapologetic for one's life, being alternately grateful for your fate and completely terrified by it.
Sports is a good topic for indirectly bridging connection, or avoiding any completely.
Batter up.
The Sportswriter
Don't apologize
For staving off black regret
Snow mounds in Detroit.
For staving off black regret
Snow mounds in Detroit.
