9/27/06

you are a little bit happier than i am reviewed

someone named dan feder reviewed the book

the poem he cites as mundane is about death
some of my happiest moments in life occur on AOL instant messager

i will create a new category
on my instant messager buddy list

i will call it
'people i like who don't like me back'

and i will move your screen name into that group
and i will invite you over to my house and show you

and you will say, 'if i didn't like you why did i come over'
and you will look at my face
and i will have an honest answer for your question
i will tell you that you came over to be polite

and after a while you will go home
and you won't call
and i won't either
and after a while i won't like you anymore
and after a while we'll forget each other
and after a while you will be beautiful and alone inside of your coffin
and i’ll be cold and alone inside of my coffin
the review says i am more resigned than probing and i am incurious

it says i have anxiety about modern life which i do not feel is true; i feel i have anxiety about death, the nature of being and existence, the arbitrary nature of the universe, limited-time, and other things that exist because of life, not modern life

i will respond to all reviews on this site, for some reason

5 Comments:

Blogger wells said...

But you are on the same page as Cormac McCarthy.

Who by the way is the best writer to have ever lived.

4:21 PM  
Blogger Richard Yates said...

im jealous of your review. i hope brian beatty reviews and talks shit about your poetry book and the portrait book and then makes mcsweeney's link to it.

10:23 PM  
Blogger Tao Lin said...

we should talk about brian beatty more

i think i'll name my next book 'brian beatty'

10:28 PM  
Blogger Tyler Young said...

Do you guys like Noah Cicero?

I have a new story by him on my blog.

You should check it out. I think it's some of his best work.

1:38 PM  
Blogger Tyler Young said...

Don't sweat it Tao.

I hate you, but that doesn't change the fact that reviewers are full of shit and that the idea of one opinion standing in for many opinions is bogus.

2:54 PM  

Post a Comment

<< Home



older posts / newer posts