/lit/ - Literature

it's not bad. /lit/ just hates it because they're the literary equivalent of dadcore fags.

what he does is somewhat new and relevant. he's actually a good observer. if you read him with an open mind and unclenched buttcheeks, you might even laugh every so often.

if you wanna ease into it read his shorts first, or this, it's great:
thoughtcatalog.com/tao-lin/2011/02/koko-the-talking-gorilla/

>>6786108
satisfactory.

>>6779495
i wasn't asking for advice you monumental fag, i was asking for essays on smoking, because i'm actually interested in the cultural significance of it and how people view and have viewed the practice of smoking now and through the ages.

fucking knee-jerk responses every damn time someone makes a thread that isn't directly and obviously related to a meme theme / author

>>6754777
>>/lit/thread/S6746607#p6746995

>>6746229
dont trust the book
be angry at the book
think: this author sure thinks he's smart but i outsmart him

I've always been sorta decent at analysing things and i probably owe that to my neurotic mistrust of all things

>>6619218
here's something cringeworthy from when i had that phase where you want to be like bukowski

feel free to #wreck me in your replies
Opposite the state opera
between Barnes,
Nobles
and the bank

I sit on a green plastic
chair, and choke casually
on a 99c
McDouble

i see through the window
walking onroads made for kings
people in
tracksuit trousers
or bright neon overalls
or pristine suits;
rushing to office, welfare or the
next hit

these people were not made for these streets
these streets weren't made for these people
the burger i'm eating, will clog up my veins and
higher my risk of stroke, bad health, halitosis

it doesn't really make a whole lot of sense
to me as i chew down, thoughtfully, the last bits of meat
between good-morning existential dread and the first shift of the day
i don't know what the universe is trying to tell me
but i try to appreciate it and keep a friendly face
as i walk to the dressing room
with a head
full
of noise
heavy heart
and puffy eyes

i'm confused, but that's okay
i know where
my locker is
when my shift
starts and
i flip a mean burger
it's not much, alright, i give you that
so what
it gets me through the day