tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post114289518109534748..comments2024-02-04T10:42:07.020-05:00Comments on Light reading: Joyce Carol Oates on Jay McInerneyJenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-1143007814558005962006-03-22T01:10:00.000-05:002006-03-22T01:10:00.000-05:00No, it's true, I don't seem to have talked about h...No, it's true, I don't seem to have talked about him in the lifetime of this blog. Perhaps one to put on the summer reading list is Lunar Park; there is definitely something PictureofDorianGreylike about the strange pairing in my mind & the collective consciousness of America between BEE and JMcI.Jenny Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-1143005644998567862006-03-22T00:34:00.000-05:002006-03-22T00:34:00.000-05:00I read this blog occasionally and I am suddenly st...I read this blog occasionally and I am suddenly struck by the absence of any discussion of Brett Easton Ellis. Have I missed it somehow?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-1142954512308789102006-03-21T10:21:00.000-05:002006-03-21T10:21:00.000-05:00I'm not sure--it might be a question of propriety,...I'm not sure--it might be a question of propriety, not praising for instance one's own student's work while criticizing someone else's; but actually in the context of the piece, it makes sense that she doesn't mention specific novels, the point is a fairly broad one about fiction and tragedy.Jenny Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-1142951742440982442006-03-21T09:35:00.000-05:002006-03-21T09:35:00.000-05:00Very interesting that JCO failed to mention her pr...Very interesting that JCO failed to mention her protege JSF's 9/11 novel in light of this discussion... What did you make of that omission?lequincampehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06029086889180532787noreply@blogger.com