![Best title of a book. EVER. The Sugar Frosted Nutsack…
His best-known novel, Et Tu, Babe, was published 20 years ago, but now the writer has returned to a world that matches the absurdity of his pre-Internet work:
On Charlie Rose [in 1996], Jonathan Franzen, David Foster Wallace and Mark Leyner sat together in the familiar round table, infinite-void-of-nothingness that is the Charlie Rose set. Each responded to Rose’s questions about the state of fiction more or less in character: Franzen, who had a wavy pageboy haircut that frizzed out untempered to nearly chin level, defended the classical novel as an oasis for readers who feel lonely and misunderstood. Leyner, wearing a robust, Mephistophelian goatee — perhaps fitting for the man Wallace once accused of being “a kind of anti-Christ” — said simply: ‘My relationship with my readers is somewhat theatrical. One of the main things I try to do in my work is delight my readers.’ Wallace looked much as we picture him now, posthumously chiseled into Mount Literature: the ponytail, the bearish features, the rough scruff on his jaw. He played the part of a calming, Midwestern-inflected mediator, saying, ‘I feel like I’m, if you put these two guys in a blender… . ‘
“Mark Leyner, World-Champion Satirist, Returns to Reclaim His Crown.” — Adam Sternbergh, New York Times
See also: “Just Kids.” — Evan Hughes, New York magazine, Oct. 10, 2011](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1giwged7T1qf4hl5o1_250.jpg)
Best title of a book. EVER. The Sugar Frosted Nutsack…
His best-known novel, Et Tu, Babe, was published 20 years ago, but now the writer has returned to a world that matches the absurdity of his pre-Internet work:
On Charlie Rose [in 1996], Jonathan Franzen, David Foster Wallace and Mark Leyner sat together in the familiar round table, infinite-void-of-nothingness that is the Charlie Rose set. Each responded to Rose’s questions about the state of fiction more or less in character: Franzen, who had a wavy pageboy haircut that frizzed out untempered to nearly chin level, defended the classical novel as an oasis for readers who feel lonely and misunderstood. Leyner, wearing a robust, Mephistophelian goatee — perhaps fitting for the man Wallace once accused of being “a kind of anti-Christ” — said simply: ‘My relationship with my readers is somewhat theatrical. One of the main things I try to do in my work is delight my readers.’ Wallace looked much as we picture him now, posthumously chiseled into Mount Literature: the ponytail, the bearish features, the rough scruff on his jaw. He played the part of a calming, Midwestern-inflected mediator, saying, ‘I feel like I’m, if you put these two guys in a blender… . ‘
See also: “Just Kids.” — Evan Hughes, New York magazine, Oct. 10, 2011
(via longreads)
As if @longreads isn’t cool enough, they have now made it VERY EASY to share your favorite articles…read on:
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Every time I think @markarms couldn’t get any more genius with Longreads.com, he goes and adds some brilliant piece of functionality I hadn’t even considered.
Introducing automatic #longreads aggregation - No sign up, no reg, no passwords, no crap. If you’ve ever tweeted the hashtag, then you’ve already got an account. Just go to longreads.com/(YOURTWITTERNAME) and there they are.
And if you’ve been in a coma for the last year, and have no-idea what I’m talking about, here’s a run-down of the brilliance that is longreads.com
Thanks Matt.
Longreads power users, have you shared your #longreads page yet? Follow the above instructions, then share your reading lists.
