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Aug. '11

kudzujulep: downlo: Food for thought: …This of course is just a partial list, and my apologies for the lack of contemporaries, and women. Again, this is….probably subject to some disagreement. I think of all writing being from the head (pros: cerebral, conceptual; cons: didactic, dry), the mouth (pros: language, poetics; cons: empty banter, pure form), and the heart (pros: empathic, intimate; cons: sentimental, emotional). My favorite writers, those in the white dashed center, are able to write from all three places. Other writers I admire are writing from two places. Others tend to fall into just one category, somewhat consumed by that point of view. Authors near the outer edges of their category may be seen as my critique of them, for the excessiveness of that sensibility. This is sexy. 

kudzujulep:

downlo:

Food for thought:

…This of course is just a partial list, and my apologies for the lack of contemporaries, and women. Again, this is….probably subject to some disagreement. I think of all writing being from the head (pros: cerebral, conceptual; cons: didactic, dry), the mouth (pros: language, poetics; cons: empty banter, pure form), and the heart (pros: empathic, intimate; cons: sentimental, emotional).

My favorite writers, those in the white dashed center, are able to write from all three places. Other writers I admire are writing from two places. Others tend to fall into just one category, somewhat consumed by that point of view. Authors near the outer edges of their category may be seen as my critique of them, for the excessiveness of that sensibility.

This is sexy. 

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    I call bullshit! First and foremost, anyone who thinks Vonnegut isn’t one of the most empathetic writers of the 20th...
  9. 14kgoldnyc said: Wow. I can’t even begin to take this too seriously, because I think the categorization is SO off. I am boggled that Vonnegut isn’t also considered heart, Morrison not also considered head, Ginsberg not heart, etc. Crazy talk!!
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    I like this way better than this sexist, hateful piece of crap over at HTMLGIANT.
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    Walser needs a special circle called ASSHOLE.
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