tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post7245378033792477630..comments2010-02-24T10:02:53.997-05:00Tao Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04807160197099916059Binky.Tabby@gmail.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-81902280375711993492009-12-13T12:35:25.537-05:002009-12-13T12:35:25.537-05:00Tao-<br />You tweeted:<br />seems like i spoke &#39;brain-damagedly&#39; slow on kcrw despite being &#39;on coffee&#39; heavily &amp; feeling during it like i was being &#39;uncommonly fluent&#39;<br /><br />I thoroughly enjoyed your interview with Silverblatt, you _were_ uncommonly fluent, which is a good thing, I think. And Bookworm was the perfect venue for you to be so, because you can often seem vague or understated or mildly disaffected - not a criticism, just my take on your persona. I think in fact you are simply shy, and detached in a Buddhist sort of way.<br />In this interview you sounded intelligent and thoughtful, and communicated your writing &quot;means and ends&quot; and &quot;reasons&quot; quite well. I learned a lot.<br /><br />And I am very impressed with Silverblatt as an interviewer - he is thoughtful (very), compassionate and respectful. It is obvious how much he cares about writing. I have since listened to a number of other Bookworm interviews by him. I also liked Colin Marshall&#39;s interview of Silverblatt. Thanks for the links!redpencilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06448650959367630044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-51038577696702704542009-12-08T02:13:57.842-05:002009-12-08T02:13:57.842-05:00New Powells review is the same review published in Bookslut circa 9/08.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-45316193155101087152009-12-07T07:02:05.668-05:002009-12-07T07:02:05.668-05:00Not sure I have ever heard him say he reads pieces over repetitiously and obsessively, just cause someone isn&#39;t connecting with the same fiction that 95% of the nation is connecting with via the borders bestsellers list doesn&#39;t mean you have to openly regard that person with disdain--Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16305833669978150158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-67609185470420185022009-12-07T05:52:47.650-05:002009-12-07T05:52:47.650-05:00so when you talk about Jonathan Safran Foer or Michael Chabon or Dav Eggers or whoever, you never actually read a word they wrote, right? You just read your same KMart realists over and over again.<br /><br />I guess that is part of your autism spectrum disorder/Asperger&#39;s syndrome. You obsess and know a lot about one very narrow thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-75776542065545208842009-12-06T20:46:32.146-05:002009-12-06T20:46:32.146-05:00damn re miles / millss<br /><br />what is everyones opinion re &quot;the challenger&quot; (space accident ~2003)<br /><br />good interview taoJordan Castrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07542978187757368936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-67770612387844688432009-12-06T18:42:08.537-05:002009-12-06T18:42:08.537-05:00Tao, what did you think of the Powells review<br /><br />Are you just using being a writer as the first part of becoming a celebrity artman like the reviewer said<br /><br />Do you forsee yourself doing music, visual art, film, tv, talk shows, etc instead of writing<br /><br />Do you think you will ever be covered by People magazine<br /><br />Do you hit your girlfriend, what do you think of guys who do<br /><br />Do you ever eat animal products<br /><br />Thank you for answering my questions if you do want to, I hope I am not too rude, just curiousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-20750529670172871322009-12-06T17:46:38.062-05:002009-12-06T17:46:38.062-05:00Tao, <br /><br />Listened again. Made me feel really good x2. <br /><br />Stared at a fixed point in space thinking &quot;uh-uh, damn, uh-huh, damn.&quot; <br /><br />Really good job.timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17058301356631958293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-85992783864895405612009-12-06T15:13:49.511-05:002009-12-06T15:13:49.511-05:00hi, how are you? <a href="http://dotnet.org.za/members/cheap-synthroid-online.aspx" rel="nofollow">synthroid online</a> [url=http://dotnet.org.za/members/cheap-synthroid-online.aspx]cheap synthroid[/url] http://dotnet.org.za/members/cheap-synthroid-online.aspx onlineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-2927863788555322122009-12-05T03:01:30.098-05:002009-12-05T03:01:30.098-05:00damnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn bro<br /><br />&#39;philip seymour hoffman in &quot;happiness&quot;&#39;<br /><br />hehedavid fishkindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08021502652677045729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-26466834303473617732009-12-04T23:24:51.975-05:002009-12-04T23:24:51.975-05:00thank you for the clarification; that makes a lot of sense now<br /><br />on that note, your literary &#39;sphere&#39; seems relatively small.<br /><br />whereas people who read eggers or sedaris can generally find similar items, i have difficulty scouring amazon for books written by writers in your literary &#39;sphere.&#39;<br /><br />still waiting on daniel spinks&#39;s book. restless.iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16256461950690100840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-70981320895746701522009-12-04T15:35:40.289-05:002009-12-04T15:35:40.289-05:00@iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii <br /><br />i think i was talking about how there are thousands of books that are published that i don&#39;t know about because they aren&#39;t &#39;covered&#39; in places that i read, they &#39;disappear&#39; in a few weeks, or they aren&#39;t promoted<br /><br />for example 200 books of &#39;literary fiction&#39; were probably published this week and i haven&#39;t read any of them<br /><br />the same for last week<br /><br />probably 80% of the books i reread were published after 1960Tao Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04807160197099916059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-48506806549530177012009-12-04T15:31:18.101-05:002009-12-04T15:31:18.101-05:00it is possible that i have misunderstood,<br /><br />&quot;i probably haven&#39;t read more than 20 pages of 99.8% of literary fiction books published in the last 5 years&quot;<br /><br />maybe it is because i can relate to this situation only because i do the same thing due to the fact that I have a distaste for a lot of contemporary fiction.<br /><br />i guess &#39;contemporary fiction&#39; is kind of a ridiculous generalization but somehow i find that the most accurate label<br /><br />i actually like books though, just not some of them. maybe that is what you are trying to say? Or do you have another reason for not reading beyond the first 20 pages?iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16256461950690100840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-65103331670871132342009-12-04T15:20:15.704-05:002009-12-04T15:20:15.704-05:00@jillian nice re fiction writing<br />@colinmarshall good job re silverblatt interview, i liked it<br />@iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii i like contemporary fiction, where did i state distaste for contemporary fiction<br />@colin i&#39;m glad you were made very happy<br />@joe sweet<br />@michael sweet<br />@steve damn, actually i don&#39;t think i&#39;m ambitious in the conventional definition of ambitious; if i were i would be working on getting grants or something and then not have a blog but work on a 500-page book or something and then work on getting a &#39;high powered agent&#39; and then being published by knopf and then being rich, not sure though<br />@elise thank you<br />@bollo sweetTao Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04807160197099916059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-53462450294016402212009-12-04T15:12:32.710-05:002009-12-04T15:12:32.710-05:00Hi Tao <br />cant wait to listen to this, such a great series.<br /><br />eeeee eee eeee is winging its way to me for christmas!!! hopefully more of your books too.<br /><br />hope alls goodBollohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646369699089896954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-77263321337206257502009-12-04T00:50:33.786-05:002009-12-04T00:50:33.786-05:00i liked it<br />i liked listening to the &quot;ugly fish&quot;<br />nice interviewElisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09790570535078447575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-83989907889477178232009-12-04T00:36:23.155-05:002009-12-04T00:36:23.155-05:00you are &#39;ambitious&#39; and &#39;aggressive&#39; tao<br /><br />sweetsteve roggenbuckhttp://steveroggenbuck.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-31658089409957769222009-12-03T21:51:54.571-05:002009-12-03T21:51:54.571-05:00niceMichael Rubinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483675725869474792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-22281649426785722009-12-03T18:31:32.480-05:002009-12-03T18:31:32.480-05:00That was cool, Tao. Silverblatt is exacting. Excited for Richard Yates now. Interesting what you said about not being able to write fiction after that, like the artist is fully realised when he/she doesn&#39;t need to make art anymore and can just &#39;experience life&#39;. It sounds like bliss.joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14900637951515426872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-184074595584112012009-12-03T17:59:26.154-05:002009-12-03T17:59:26.154-05:00listening to this made me very happy tao, thank you.colinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-67451970097871813662009-12-03T14:39:09.754-05:002009-12-03T14:39:09.754-05:00Tao,<br /><br />Don&#39;t see it posted yet. Maybe I am impatient/ looking in the wrong place. Unsure.timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17058301356631958293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-30545883158208353532009-12-02T19:32:50.460-05:002009-12-02T19:32:50.460-05:00tao,<br /><br />happy for you. seems ill reserved to openly state your distaste for contemporary fiction.<br /><br />fine though, i think. i will still buy your books and probably so will everyone else.<br /><br />albert<br /><br />p.s. r.i.p. carlesiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16256461950690100840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-29458309175516097162009-12-02T15:26:39.847-05:002009-12-02T15:26:39.847-05:00@tao Let me know what you think, and also what you thought of Silverblatt upon being interviewed by him.Colin Marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13520484713798591355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-89930651235394764262009-12-01T16:16:50.881-05:002009-12-01T16:16:50.881-05:00thanks, i really want to be &quot;in&quot;. also we started fiction in my creative writing class. if i ever write anything i will send it to youjillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15683507196296617212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-2346094979130708322009-12-01T15:39:05.895-05:002009-12-01T15:39:05.895-05:00@redpencil i see, interesting, maybe <a href="http://heheheheheheheeheheheehehe.com/2009/01/i-made-this_29.html" rel="nofollow">this chart</a> answers that question (last &#39;item&#39; in chart)<br /><br />@colin sweet/nice, i&#39;m going to listen to that <br /><br />@millss i have google waves, thank you<br /><br />@masande i used the prose style of &#39;sfaa,&#39; with &#39;minor modifications&#39; <br /><br />sweet white-person killing poem <br /><br />sweet blog<br /><br />@jillian nice, i hope you &#39;get in&#39;Tao Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04807160197099916059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-90193171197453227442009-12-01T06:59:05.347-05:002009-12-01T06:59:05.347-05:00hi tao, you seem to be doing really well<br /><br />i wanted to tell you that i applied to cooper union<br /><br />millss, i feel afraid of google wave, it seems more like &quot;google tsunami&quot;jillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15683507196296617212noreply@blogger.com