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Can gassposting save /lit/?

>> No.8902668

>>8902650
I'm so stoked I found a copy of Omensetter at a used book shop for 2 bones.
its mint condition even though has stickers from two used book stores. plebs couldn't make it out of the first chapter.
Damn good day.

>> No.8902706

>>8902668
I tried 4 book stores and couldn't find a copy. Only one store had any Gass and it was "Middle C"

>> No.8902726
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8902726

>>8902650
No. But reading Gass could help /lit. Open people's eyes. Make them see past the classics. Gass will be remembered and read in the future. His writing is beautiful. lol look what I got.

>> No.8902753

Has anyone read Gass' stuff that's appeared in any of the "The Best American Short Stories" or "The Best American Essays" anthologies? He's had some stuff published in the former between the late 50s and early 80s and in the latter between the mid 80s and early 00s.

I found the John Updike-selected "The Best American Short Stories of the Century" collection from 2000 at a thrift store in rural NC a few months ago, but Gass wasn't in that one.

>> No.8902830

I find it interesting how despite all the forced Gassposting, Gaddis is universally more popular on /lit/

>> No.8902834

>>8902726
>Gass will be remembered and read in the future
But doesn't that mean he's a classic?

>> No.8902844

>>8902834
sure

>> No.8902858

>>8902830
I like both Gaddis and Gass. To me they are both good at different things. Gass prose obviously, he's also funny. Gaddis is hilarious though, one of the funniest I've read. I also love Gaddis observations of daily life. Read the party scene from the recognitions and I guarantee we have all been to that same party in a way.

>> No.8902992

I just ordered Omensetter's Luck, looking forward to diving into it and future gassposting.

>> No.8903000

>>8902650
/lit/ is dead

>> No.8903044
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8903044

László posting is the only thing that can save /lit/

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8903376

>>8902668
>good day
>good
Hmm...

>>8902650
Only Socratesposting can save us

>> No.8903421

>>8902650
Just stop. You will never be board culture.

>> No.8903450

>tfw meemaw bought me Omensetter's Luck, In the Heart of the Heart of the Country and Middle C
good christmas desu

>> No.8903571

>>8902726
Beautiful, thanks for sharing anon

>> No.8903721

>>8902668
>Look at me
>I'm so smart
>Smarter than all da other guys

Have a good life, anon

>> No.8903729

Does Gass get big into the intertextuality and literary allusions? I don't like a lot of that yet because I haven't read enough to appreciate it when Joyce fucks my shit up

>> No.8904310

>>8902726
das nice