Friday, October 21, 2005

"Gentlemen, re-load your fountain pens! Prepare to FIRE!!"

Words, words, words. Is there any sport more enjoyable than a literary pissing match? Yep: a third party (a woman!) hosing 'em both.

"(As) if what we really need, in 2005, is two white male writers fighting over something that can't be circumscribed, much less owned."

Jess Row takes on Ben Marcus and Jonathan Franzen, here.

3 comments:

DarkoV said...

Gotta tell you that the first time I read the quote, I thought it read "two white male writers fighting over something that can't be circumsized" rather than "circumscribed".

Somehow it still made sense, the fighting, the ownership, the..(crossing my legs here and contorting my face in pain)...circumcision.

Cowtown Pattie said...

LOLOLOL! DarkoV, I did the ole double take as well! I think WP is chuckling loudly somewhere...

AS to fiction, I take mine neat with a twist...

Whisky Prajer said...

Yes, that is my laughter you hear echoing down from the Great White North.