Tag: post postmodern

The 100 Best Books of the Last 100 Years (1913-2013)

In the first 25 years of my life I have taken into account, above all, critical lists. The “canon” as it is known, is what is taught in schools, promulgated through our cultural halls, and understood to be worth passing unto our children. Most of my reading has revolved around it, and since I continue… Continue reading The 100 Best Books of the Last 100 Years (1913-2013)

Lana Del Rey’s “Born to Die:” A Review

I woke up with Lana Del Rey’s song “Born to Die” stuck in my head. I was surprised to see that the video, published just three days ago, already has almost a million and a half views. But it’s easy to see why. Lana sits in a baroque church, with tigers on each side of… Continue reading Lana Del Rey’s “Born to Die:” A Review

Self-Consciousness vs. Acting Natural: A Post Postmodern Dillemma

 Then we started to drive up the 101. This was like Italy, and the high cliffs and deep blue ocean and the sun glittering off it and into her eyes made me understand that now after all those years of wanting love, I had it. “This is incredible.” We both knew what I meant, how… Continue reading Self-Consciousness vs. Acting Natural: A Post Postmodern Dillemma

City Petrichor, Big Sur, and Moral Relativism in Post Postmodernism

Today when I told Tim about hating, he said he doesn’t hate people the way I do, which may be for a second or five or minutes or even almost whenever I see them, he hates chance, the way things happen for him. Like when he’s walking behind someone, he doesn’t hate that person, he… Continue reading City Petrichor, Big Sur, and Moral Relativism in Post Postmodernism

A Post Postmodern Italy

We rented a car and stocked up at the supermercado with formaggi and tomatoes and salami and olives and cold and hot salads and sat in the small Euro car traffic. We drove past Carrarra marble fields where Michelangelo handpicked his canvases and the waking slaves were probably his realization that the rocks weren’t what… Continue reading A Post Postmodern Italy

Plot and Psychological Complexity are Crucial to Post Postmodern Fiction

So I’ve been thinking a lot about plot and the chronology of my story. Yeah, plot is important because you’ve got to hook the reader, don’t want him to feel like reading is a drag, although usually when that happens the truth-grains are thicker and tastier after they’ve eventually been digested as per plot-lite Beckett… Continue reading Plot and Psychological Complexity are Crucial to Post Postmodern Fiction

Free Associative Writing in Post Postmodernism

So I’ve got this idea which is a lot like stream of consciousness updated but more focused and digressive. I think that, at least where plot isn’t concerned, digressions make a work more interesting. For example I tried it out today at work when I was writing about mouse traps and I started going on… Continue reading Free Associative Writing in Post Postmodernism

Language Trends and Writing Rules in Post Postmodernism

Writing is changing because language is changing. Adverbs for example, are falling by the wayside. Get home safe! Not safely. The latter is so formal it’s practically an order. Ending a sentence with a preposition is not only kosher, it actually sounds better much of the time. This is what we’re talking about. This is… Continue reading Language Trends and Writing Rules in Post Postmodernism

Bushwick’s Bars: Wreck Room and Tandem

The Savage Detectives makes me want to go to Europe. But I just got an iPhone, a revolutionary device, so that will have to wait. In the meanwhile we went touring the Bushwick bar circuit. Wreck Room has a dance floor with full-length mirrors that promote good dancing. And they don’t put on airs- it’s… Continue reading Bushwick’s Bars: Wreck Room and Tandem