William Gass – The Evan Dara Affinity

William Gass’s Intro to Robert Coover’s The Public Burning

From William Gass’s introduction to the 1998 Grove Press edition of Robert Coover’s The Public Burning: “Written in the 1970s, published finally in 1977, about actual and imaginary events of June 1953, it could not be more current, more relevant, more right on than it is now (or whatever date the reader finds herself immured)….Continue reading “William Gass’s Intro to Robert Coover’s The Public Burning”

Against Readability?

Last week, Ben Roth published an essay on The Millions entitled “Against Readability,” which was provocative in a fairly predictable way. But as he drew lines between the praiseworthy (e.g. Tom McCarthy’s Remainder) and the forgettable (Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch), it pushed a button that prompted a version of this kneejerk comment: As someone whoContinue reading “Against Readability?”