/lit/ - Literature

>>10344089
>sits down next to you at a bar
>orders a mold grown on another mold
>slips his sneakers [1]
>receives the mold
>and but so thank you
>uses an old copy of American Psycho [2] as a coaster
>stares in his [3] reflection in the glass
>takes a bite of mold and looks at you
>"Oh fine I'll sign your copy of IJ."

[1] New Balance, WN780, color white.
[2] The most arrogant work of irony written by the most insincere type of person.
[3] His w/r/t the author, no not a literary technique or anything like that, but the actual living author. Talking to you right now.

>>9688078

>>9596161
I am sincerely asking you to prove that irony is a flaw.

>>9595606
At the very least his relationship with tennis was sincere:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/20/sports/playmagazine/20federer.html

>>8414861

>>8213409
top cuck.

>>7882738
Sorry you're at the end of your rope anon

>>6155155

>>4859920
>Teacher had to be informed about the existence of Nabokov

>>4798860
> People who seriously thinks some geometric pictures and a memory game can determine you real intelligence

>"Here's an actual short list of novelists who are STILL WRITING STRONGLY in the Post-2000 Era & who will be remembered"
>DFW is one of the names listed
>still writing
>mfw dfw

>>4733544
There should be tow different lists:

One list for who we think we are, for the books we claim we are good.

And one list that is a statistical list on "most mentioned books"

>>4721206
>mfw you post this shit [http://ryzhknd.tumblr.com/post/62801335799/01-oct-2013-tonight-i-woke-elated-which] on your tumblr and still expect to be taken seriously
>inb4 it was too deep for me

>not picking DFW

>>4662678
>Pleb choice - Hamlet