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Secretary is still transgressive, perhaps more so in 2025 than when it was first published and certainly far more haunting than the film adaptation.
— Jan 20, 2026 08:13PM
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Rambling Raconteur
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Other Factors seems like one of the more mature stories in the collection. Connie could be an older version of one of the characters in the earlier stories.
— Jan 23, 2026 05:06PM
Rambling Raconteur
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There’s a weird sense that Gaitskill was influenced by Flannery O’Connor with the Gnosticism being specific kinks? The characterization in Trying to Be is easily the strongest in the collection so far.
— Jan 19, 2026 04:54PM
Rambling Raconteur
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Connection reveals the most explicit influences from Updike (refracting Proust).
— Jan 19, 2026 07:30AM
Rambling Raconteur
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A Romantic Weekend reads a bit like someone who has ingested Roth and Updike as an adolescent and turned them inside out.
— Jan 17, 2026 04:02PM
Rambling Raconteur
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This reminds me of Tama Janowitz’s Slaves of New York and the early stories of Leonard Michaels.
— Jan 15, 2026 07:32PM
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Jan 21, 2026 08:28AM
i’m watching your video on emma enters right now and i wanted to say thank you for exposing me to a lot of books and stories that i may not have otherwise come across. my ever-growing tbr list is a big fan of your channel :)
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