/lit/ - Literature

They're not, you just find it easy to identify with their writing, OP.

>>4308752
>St. DFW
>a homo

"my purpose in life is to put my penis in as many vaginas as possible"

requesting the article made by a female fan on his biography

>>4308798
http://thoughtcatalog.com/kristen-roupenian/2012/09/this-should-not-be-a-love-story-reading-dt-maxs-biography-of-david-foster-wallace/

I read them because I am gay. I like their work.

But Hemingway wasnt gay.

>or was he?

>>4308752
this is not true

>>4308777
>"my purpose in life is to put my penis in as many vaginas as possible"

That's actually the character Richard Katz from Jonathan Franzen's Freedom..

>>4308837
He most DEFINITELY was imho.

>>4308843
katz was based on wallace and apparently that quote is real:

>http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c1c4f792-fcc8-11e1-9dd2-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2lmoozOHa

>>4308825
You're the most superficial type of person.
Just wanted you to know that.

>>4308846
Why do you say that?

>>4308891
not that anon, but at the very least hemingway was homosocial: all his novels are about male-male relationships. yes there are some love interests but the his male/female relationships tend to be broken and sad. it's pretty clear hemingway preferred the company of men. whether he fucked them, i can't say.

>>4308883
why? there's nothing wrong with preferring literature that directly relates to your life.

>tfw at forefront at all fields of art
why are gays so based

making fun of DFW on /lit/
>muh originality

I had this idea for a show that I like to call "Secretly Gay". Every episode would start out with a basic biography of a figure important in Western culture and art. About halfway through, the whole episode will stop and the narrator says something like, "but was Jesus SECRETLY GAY?" It's very important that he says "secretly gay", that's our catchphrase. Then a bunch of college professors, fraternity brothers, celebrity guests, and rappers would give a bunch a reasons why they think that person was gay. There'd be a a couple of reenactments and many vaguely phrased letters, and maybe a poem that's dedicated to someone of an indeterminate gender.

I predict my show will air on the History Channel in under two years.

>>4309321
HAHAHAHAHA
im stealing this joke.

>>4309321
this is hilarious

>>4309321

>>4309195
Yeah apart from the point that your choice is based on something that doesn't have anything to do with the literate merit of their works.

People who fancy the lifestyle or opinions of an author instead of their work are likey to do the same the other way around, i.e. hate their stuff for a certain opinion they have, which is absolutely unrelated to the quality of the work.

It is narrow sighted. And it is breeding ground for radicalization if you ask me.

That is why.

>>4309457

thats all well and good, but there are gay authors who've produced works of literary merit. i don't think it's unreasonable for a gay man to prefer those books because they deal with issues he has first hand experience with.

>>4309321

>>4309466
It is still unreasonable to go by an authors characteristics when choosing literature.
Even with the bonus of "first hand experience" they can still potentially produce shit.
If they actually do something of value then first and foremost the reason for that is, that they're talented writers. And that stands above anything else.

>>4309321

Put your money where your mouth is, anon

Send an email to feedback@aetv.com to submit a comment or ask a question to A & E Television Networks, the company that owns The History Channel.
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Write the network. Send a letter to A&E Television Networks, 235 East 45th Street, New York, New York 10017. The president is Abbe Raven.
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>>4309321
>>4309332
>>4309341
>>4309367
>>4309481

This isn't even remotely witty.

>>4309516
That's a very convincing argument, I guess you're right

>>4309516
It's still History Channel material.

>>4309516
it's more prophetic than witty

>>4309543
It''s both immature and inane. The supposed humour that comes from subverted expectation isn't in the least bit subtle. It's too contrived. The concept would become tired after the first episode.