Eugene David ...The One-Minute Pundit |
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
As yet another name enters the Pantheon of Puerility:
Sex is a subject best avoided altogether, says Melissa Katsoulis, a literary reviewer for the Times. "If I was writing a novel, I wouldn't attempt to write it except in the most Victorian and prim way, because it's awful. "It's a cliche, but the moments of genuine frisson in books are when hardly anything happens. "When you have a dream about someone you fancy, it's because they sat down next to you on the bus or something, not because you were at it, hammer and tongs. "Either be suggestive or funny, but trying to do the nuts and bolts isn't going to work." AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMEN!!!!! P. S. at 5:28 p. m. It doesn't take much nerve to stand up in front of a boozy crowd and read sex passages from other people's books in a mocking tone of voice while everybody sneers and groans. It doesn't take much nerve to wave your MFA or bestseller in front of a boozy or sober crowd while yelling of thousand-foot pylons and impenetrable jungle thatches. (Both via NEWSER!)
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