tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15815968.post544039328943211138..comments2024-02-23T08:21:47.981-08:00Comments on Timmy's House of Sprinkles: It Obtains EverythingChristopher Charles Horatio Xavier King III, Esq.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17305941155602648384noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15815968.post-7321993464787578262009-05-08T07:03:00.000-07:002009-05-08T07:03:00.000-07:00Haha... I thought Calvin wrote that!
The New York...Haha... I thought Calvin wrote that!<br /><br />The New Yorker piece actually spent a lot of time discussing Barthelme's relationship with his father, in a way that I think is ultimately not very helpful. Not to say that our personal lives don't influence our work, but it felt overly reductionist to me. Something like the "Javelin" passage is so clearly set apart from reality that it demands to be judged as art, not as history.Christopher Charles Horatio Xavier King III, Esq.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17305941155602648384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15815968.post-64467371285819973902009-05-08T06:31:00.000-07:002009-05-08T06:31:00.000-07:00Fascinating quote, offered up by the author of the...Fascinating quote, offered up by the author of the grade-school classic, "The Boy and His Mad Dad." Hmmmm...Chuck Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06869991737804126944noreply@blogger.com