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1872999 No.1872999 [Reply] [Original]

Hey lit my cousin favorite writer is Tao Lin.

Is he your favorite writer and if he is why ?

>> No.1873004

newfag here. i don't get it, is this guy actually really good? or are you all just trolling? or is it like Neutral Milk hotel on /mu/. i'm intrigued, will read if its good

>> No.1873007

;_; Why so many Tao threads recently? What did he do now?

>> No.1873013

>>1873004
tao lin occasionally posts here and reads threads and tweets them and stuff. he's the equivalent to deadmau5 on /mu/. hes just posted too much and isnt good at all.

>> No.1873011

>>1873004
>>1873004

it's a troll, the author is actually Richard Yates, the BOOK is called Tao Lin.

>> No.1873017

>>1873013

oh i see

>> No.1873027

I started to read one of his short stories on the Vanity Fair website. It was so horrifically written I had to stop. Now I'm reading the beginning of Richard Yates on Amazon. I kind of like it.

How does this make you feel?

>> No.1873034

Has anyone here actually read Richard Yates? Anyone have a download link? #Bookz and other stickied resources ain't finding shit, and I don't really wanna pay for something that might suck.

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1873044

God, if Tao Lin could just learn flow.

HIS STORIES, HIS PLOT - THERE IS JUST NO FUCKING FLOW.

>> No.1873048

If thats your cousin.
I would read her book if you know what i mean,

>> No.1873049

i love tao lin

>> No.1875138

tao lin books are fantastic

>> No.1875162

>>1873048

I'd read her book anally, whether she liked it or not, if you know what I mean...

I mean I'd rape her arse while she was screaming, and then probably kill her so she didn't tell the cops, just in case I was being too subtle

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1875204

apparently he called the book "Richard Yates" because Richard Yates once wrote a short story called "Towel Inn", about an unhappy couple on vacation in a motel that offers clean towels.

"Tao Lin" is actually a pseudonym. In Mandarin it means "The Way of the Lotus" and is used to refer to opium-tea, or anything else which puts people to sleep easily (like "Tao Lin's" fiction). Apparently his real name is "Sherman Wong".

>> No.1875208

I like Tao Lin, I hate Deadmau56

>> No.1875209

Is she jewish?

>> No.1875218

>>1875209

More like TAOIST, amirite?

>> No.1875236

We demand more pictures of the girl OP.

>> No.1875238

>>1875236
It just random girl I got off Google with bad taste in literature lol !

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1875241

name is nancy lily gonzales

>> No.1875320

why do people take pictures of themselves holding up books

>> No.1875331

>>1875320
She wants to fuck.

>> No.1875333

>>1875320
Vanity.

>> No.1875339

why do people take pictures of themselves?

>> No.1875341

why do people take pictures

>> No.1875344

why do people take?

>> No.1875345

Why?

>> No.1875346

Why do people?

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1875349

Why take do, people?

>> No.1875352

Why do pictures take people?

>> No.1875356

pictures...people....why?!!

>> No.1875409

what

>> No.1875412

>>1875241
Solid 7. Would pollinate.

>> No.1875425

hipsters the lot of you

>> No.1875430

>>1875425
No ♥ !Rrxa7zePwI, YOU are the hipsters.

And then ♥ !Rrxa7zePwI was the hipsters.

>> No.1875431

do why people buckets cum?

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1875472

lol i am a female who likes this book im holding im so smart dont hit on me silly boys

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>> No.1875481

>>1875412
she's better than 7. plus she likes tao lin. so i think 10 is fair

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>>1875430
no. and by this rejection of hipsterdom i have gained sincerity and escaped from hipster status

i mean you do realize hipster property is performative right

blahhhhrg so terribly boring the lot of you kids

>> No.1875485

>>1875481
>There’s a giant part of me that thinks Lin secretly plays a joke on the entire publishing world– tricking millionaires into buying shares for this book while it was still a whimpy rough draft? Having published numerous books and poetry while under the age of thirty even though every word is mediocre and the one main idea is repeated verbatim on every other page? Ha ha, is this funny? Who is laughing? There’s a tiny part of me that thinks Lin is a genius (getting away with a joke like that– genius). Maybe he’s onto something smart. Maybe this is post-post-modernism. (Come to think of it, this is definitely, without a doubt, post-post-modernism.) Maybe he really understands the modern reader on a more intimate and personal level than any other writer does. But, on the other hand, maybe not. Maybe his writing and this book are just crap.

>> No.1875568

>>1875485
i don't think tao lin is a joke

>> No.1876002

shouts out to tao lin

>> No.1876109 [DELETED] 

>>1875477
doesn't matter what she reads.
She fucks niggers for a living.

>> No.1876114

>>1876109

Isn't it awesome? She's hot, reads and can fit two cocks in her arsehole. I love sasha grey.

>> No.1876131

>>1876114
I dnno. My idea of an attractive woman is a young virgin.

Maybe you like some 30 year old prostitute who fancies herself as an intellectual and has fucked 2000 men.

>> No.1876144

>>1876131

>a young virgin.

yawn. what a tedious peadophile you are.

And I think Sasha Grey's about 23-24? And she's got a record deal, a book contract, and she's been in half a dozen movies outside of porn. What did you do yesterday?

other than taking it in the arse for free

>> No.1876147

That's not your cousin. I saw that picture posted on here last week. Shot that works on /b/ doesn't work on a board with 2 posters.

>> No.1876158

>>1875204
Are you full of shit?

It's an honest question; I can't tell.

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>>1876147

She's called Nancy - she's got a blog:

http://themonstersflashlight.wordpress.com/

>> No.1876179

>>1873004
Are you implying that NMH is bad?

>> No.1876180

I've never read any of Tao Lin's stuff. What do they write?

>> No.1876186

>>1873004

NMH isn't bad or a troll, it's just that overposting it has become a bit of a joke for us.

Perfectly good band.

>> No.1876190

>>1876186
Oh, I post on /mu/ also, I was just wondering what you had meant by that.

>> No.1876245

If you're into despair, depression, or existential crises, this novella is a severely needed, long overdue update. When you compare the length, style, and events of this book with Camus' The Stranger, you'll see a lot about how life and technology has changed life in the last 50-60 years.

It's fascinating, really--the sentences are so bland and the style is somewhat boring. The events are even boring, too, compared to Camus or Hemingway, which this style also reminds me of. Yet something about it seems so urgent, honest, and truthful. The ending is only boring in the strictest technical sense though, and is really quite depressing and poignant. The last one-sentence paragraph is unforgettable, and the rest of the novella truly builds up to it.

As is said on the second page, "we are the f---ed generation." No matter your age, if you are wondering why anyone under 35 or 30 feels so lost this novella will capture some of it for you.

>> No.1876345

>>1876245
We are a "lost" generation because of filthy leftist trash and worthless communist hippie parents.
It is the destruction of tradition, of morals, of honor, of respect for blood kin, and such things which is the problem.

Garbage novels from foreign invaders of our countries with horrendous modernist art on the cover have absolutely no value.

But hey this is the standard liberal with blinders on. Causes all the problems he complains about.

>> No.1876347

>>1876345
0/10 There's a reason you've been ignored in every thread you've been posting on. Take a hint.

>> No.1876421

>>1876347
say that to my face not online.

>> No.1876539

>>1876345
hm I think our traditions, morals, institutions and values of the past are failing because they are no longer relavent

>> No.1878082

bump