This Week we take a look at the state of the novel in Jeffrey Eugenides' "The Marriage Plot", Cindy Sherman's retrospective at MoMa, and Mel Torme, "The Velvet Fog".
CommentsDick 03/29/2012 11:45am
We have to figure a way to capitalize on your incredible, insightful and just plain smart skills. Your critical analysis and interpretations are spot on and your savvy tech skills make it all work. Mark 03/29/2012 11:56am
You are the best Dickie! Thanks for watching and listening. I really believe the novel will endure - but how it will progress as a form is a mystery. We are all so over stimulated by other means. Kari 03/29/2012 3:54pm
Brilliant and spot on. Mark 03/29/2012 4:11pm
Woo hoo! Thanks for the props Kari. xx. Craig Coffee 03/29/2012 6:11pm
I was very taken by Eugenide's first two novels and will read this one as well. Novels are the world to me and I pray they will soldier on. Mark 03/29/2012 6:23pm
Oh it will surely live on...JE is certainly no slouch either. It struggles when things become self reflexive. Reading Edmund White's latest...quite good. Robin 03/29/2012 7:34pm
I second Dickie! Mark 03/29/2012 7:56pm
*smooch Gina Landi 03/30/2012 2:02pm
Love all your commentary, and great choice of subjects. Was catching up on all of your posts today and really enjoying them. Keep them coming! Mark 03/30/2012 2:40pm
Thank you G Star! They are fun to do....I never know what will pop up next. Diane 03/31/2012 7:30pm
Smart, intriguing, and informed...I look forward to each new post. Thanks for keeping me up-to-speed. And... long live the novel---in whatever form it takes! Mark 03/31/2012 8:05pm
Thanks Diane...I love that you're watching! I think the novel will live on, as long a they let it be. To be honest TMP is quite a good book. Ellen 04/03/2012 6:26pm
Mark, you are such a good writer! and such a good reviewer! And such a good communicator. And holy moly, what illustrations. You're the whole package. I so enjoy your blog. It's a cut above all of them. You piqued my interest in Euginedes. I saw the movie The Virgin Suicides and was fascinated. Now I discover it was Euginedes who wrote the book. How well-versed you are. Fitting that you should live in THE CITY of culture and the arts. You're a real New Yawka! Mark 04/03/2012 9:20pm
Eugenides is fascinating - I was a little critical in the effort to explore his work. I too loved TVS movie - I like Sofia Coppola a lot. If you did not see Marie Antoinette go for it! It is great. Thanks Ellen! Ellen 04/03/2012 6:34pm
On Cindy Sherman - "I guess they are ultimately pictures of us... one woman at a time." Ellen 04/03/2012 6:35pm
On Cindy Sherman - "I guess they are ultimately pictures of us... one woman at a time." Ellen 04/03/2012 6:42pm
Nice nod to the Blue Fog, Mel. Wonderful way to end. Mel and Ella.. two giants. Mark 04/03/2012 9:18pm
Yes! nancy flachsbart 04/05/2012 2:09pm
Mark - what a great thing you have going here. Loved the book review, my thoughts exactly - as far as I'm concerned you were dead-on & I do love the author.....but I can't even entertain the thought that someday I won't be able to give away for "keeps", break the spine (woops), dog-ear the pages (lifelong bad habit) and - yes, occasionally - throw a novel across the room in disgust! Mark 04/05/2012 4:09pm
Wow thank you Nancy - I am so glad you tuned in! The shape of the novel (the book) will always be with us. But the form of the novel - what will happen to that? Where will it go? I for one will never stop indulging! Mark 04/06/2012 12:24am
Pam! I am thrilled you are taking the time to watch! And I seem to be reading books more than ever...even in these strange days. Leave a Reply |
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