/lit/ - Literature

Is this a Mary Oliver thread?

>2deep4Gore

Fucking go outside for once in your life, TyBrax.

>>1222365
Oh.

I guess I'm insulted. You seem like a pretty intelligent guy.

>>1222352
You upset because I'm calling you a hipster?

I mean, if you are in fact the guy/gal that likes Joanna Newsome, then you're probably a hipster.

Not anything to be flustered about. It's okay if you're a hipster. You do you, and I'll continue to do me, so we should be good as far as I'm concerned. Unless you're one of those self-loathing hipsters-in-denial or something, then I apologize for bruising your skull-of-a-baby-bird fragile ego.

>>1222340
I think he's looking for 'pretentious hipster.'

Favorite author: Currently going through a serious David Foster Wallace phase.
Favorite book: The Sun Also Rises
Favorite band/artist: Deerhunter
Favorite song: No. 13 Baby
Favorite TV series: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, U.S. Open (Fuck you, tennis tournaments count)
Favorite video game: Dead Space

>>1222159
I feel bad for having never read Chekhov.

Some of my favorite short story writers are-

>Alice Munro
>Richard Ford
>Ernest Hemingway
>Raymond Carver
>Jim Shepard
>George Saunders
>Denis Johnson
>Tim O'Brien

>>1222050
You know, if I were strapped to some kind of horrible underwater pod, I'd rather be with somebody, even if that means being with a pasty-white, soft-bodied nerd who never leaves the house.

>>1222000
Ugh, just thinking about being in this fucking motorized bubble-pod, underwater, this makes me ill.

The ocean just generally scares the fuck out of me in general.

>>1220096
Whoa, whoa, you've said a lot of stupid shit on these boards, but are you trying to say that Star Wars is actually good? Because that'd be by far the dumbest shit you've said thus far.

>>1220584
Tao Lin is the new Ayn Rand.

Except he's a worse writer.

>>1219804
As if someone who likes Tao Lin would be talented.

>>1219787
>Implying your hand isn't some kind of flimsy/fleshy lobster claw kind of deal.

>>1219676
>Living =/= Good

>>1219530
I heard something like, between episodes and endorsements, the fucker is pulling about $5,000,000 this year.

If that's true, then, my goodness.

>1. Pauly D
>2. Vinny
>3. Situation
>4. Ronnie
>5. J-Woww

>9001. Sammy
>90001. Snooki
>Staten Island Dump: Angelina
>Should really just kill himself after what happened to him on the show on national television: Jose

>>1217781
He writes about a certain few young people, and his fans believe that he's writing about the entire fucking human race or something, which he isn't, at all.

Also, the language is drab and sad and boring and pedestian, and just kind of embarrassing to read really.

>>1217704
>This is what hipsters actually believe.

>>1217208
I didn't realize that setting back poetry/novels was a good thing.

But if it is a good thing, then Tao Lin is an American master.

>>1217250
My God, I love when someone gives Tao Lin a good bashing.

>Brofist

Anyways, I'm gonna step aside while dudes foam over the great debate.

>DFW: GOOD OR BAD? HE CAN'T BE BOTH!

>>1216578
His essay concerns something that you will surely have an opinion on, which will eventually turn the thread into an internet argument.

>>1216488
Sorry, I have a hard time differentiating various anons most of the time.

As far as this article is concerned, I feel that it would make more sense to a serious tennis nerd. I think that the article is richly/finely detailed and I find all of it pretty fucking interesting. And when he uses those lines that bother you (novelty-shop eyeballs, jaws/eyes protruding, etc), well, that's simply how people talk about Roger Federer. When you talk about Roger Federer you're pretty much forced to talk hyperboles, because he's just that fucking good. Or at least he was when this article was written, as Rafael Nadal is the current hotness.

Also, comparing his writing to first-creative-writing-course students is kind of excessive. I never encountered writing that was close to approaching what was in this article.

Though I'd suggest reading other DFW materials beyond this article. I wouldn't call this article bad, but I wouldn't call it one of his best works either. Harper's has a good number of essays available online, if you're curious. I also believe that his essay on Michael Joyce (an obscure American tennis player from the 90s) is available on Esquire.

Of course, if you still hate DFW after checking him out more thoroughly, then I apologize for wasting your time.

>>1216467
I get the feeling you haven't read anything aside from that article.

>I am trying to get into RISD
I hope you applied to some back-up places, because that's where you're going.