clm

corn born, then vermont, boston, truro. corn again. now ann arbor, empire, driggs idaho. i read quite a bit. it doesn’t help. insta @curt_mark

[Ash @ashwxrya]

A book with writing so beautiful I forgot to breathe

[Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina]

One good thing about reading Light Years again is that it remained an absolute masterpiece.

[THE-LESBIAN-PERVERT @amigydala]

performatively reading my pynchon on the train while listening to wilco and yo la tengo #womeninmaledominatedfields

[Edmund @Kulambq]

'Everything tastes of licorice. Especially all the things you've waited so long for, like absinthe.'

Ernest Hemingway

[Greg Cwik @cwik_greg]

May read this for the sixth time soon to remind me how to write.

[Aidan @AidanSova]

I am thrilled to earn the endorsement of the Northern Midwest Regional Council of Carpenters! As we work to build more affordable, attainable housing in the Fourth Ward, I am proud to stand with the union labor actually building our community's future.

[David Wingrave @davewingrave]

It's so great. Begun in 1959, I believe still working on it at the time of his death in 2011. Published adapted sections of the Iliad, didn't know Greek, worked from other translations. And the titles! "All Day Permanent Red" so great.

[Alina Stefanescu @aliner]

Electric guitars, midnight, and Thomas Bernhard were made to help us resist the cult of prizes.

https://t.co/aHsBuwmjng

[CHRISTIAN LORENTZEN @xlorentzen]

THE MOST IMPORTANT LITERARY VALUE IS WINNING A PRIZE.

IF A COMMITTEE OF BUREAUCRATS ACTORS INFLUENCERS & HAS-BEENS DOESN'T STAMP A GOLD STAR ON YOUR NOVEL STORY POEM BURN IT.

THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT THING IS POPULARITY.

THE THIRD AND ULTIMATELY UNIFYING VALUE IS MONEY$$$$$

[clm @curtmark59]

@grnpointer Believe it or not—an even better short story writer.

[clm @curtmark59]

Not really. But I understand the defensive comment. Why not give him a bad review somewhere, or is that bad form.

[Hamilton Cain @HamiltonCain]

@curtmark59 I'm a Ulysses guy, you stan for Finnegans Wake.

[clm @curtmark59]

Exactly.

[LEAN @LNmagazine]

Dale Peck did a version of this in the 90s/2000s calling out lots of "heavy-hitters" including DFW...the call-out artist can be very healthy for a literary culture but only if he has some real ideas

[David Wingrave @davewingrave]

A lot of you have what I'd call a "my kid could do that" view of "Ben Lerner"

[clm @curtmark59]

Exactly.

But “the true enemies of the novel are plot, character, setting, and theme.”

[Hamilton Cain @HamiltonCain]

@curtmark59 @davewingrave Tomato, tomahto

[clm @curtmark59]

@HamiltonCain @davewingrave Just so wrong

[clm @curtmark59]

@cwik_greg Probably self correcting

[clm @curtmark59]

Your best people must suck because your boy acted the fool and got laughed at. Who do you think the bankers liked in this exchange?

[Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente]

I’ve had my best people at #ddtg pour over this video and I’m still not sure who won this exchange.

[clm @curtmark59]

Market is at all time highs after the steepest 6 week ascent in history but the Dow has one 1% down day and this is the take?

The market is cold. The market really doesn’t care until earnings are dented. AI is the trade and it doesn’t go through the straits of hormuz.

[Hamilton Cain @HamiltonCain]

Dow is finally tanking—

[Stephen Piccarella @spiccarella]

There is at least one wholly unproblematic author: George Saunders. Total hack!