Comments on: The Problem with Pretension http://www.girldetective.net/?p=138 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Mon, 11 May 2026 22:58:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Girl Detective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=138&cpage=1#comment-1575 Girl Detective Sat, 09 Apr 2005 20:16:36 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=138#comment-1575 Sounds like I'll give Julavits' novel a miss, then, because twisted despair is exactly the kind of pretentious but well-reviewed stuff that leaves me cold. Emily, I've read novels by Gardam and Lurie that I enjoyed a lot. Which of their collections (do either have more than one?) do you recommend? Every so often I do get in a mood for short stories, but I've been reading mostly young adult collections lately as research for my novel. Sounds like I’ll give Julavits’ novel a miss, then, because twisted despair is exactly the kind of pretentious but well-reviewed stuff that leaves me cold. Emily, I’ve read novels by Gardam and Lurie that I enjoyed a lot. Which of their collections (do either have more than one?) do you recommend? Every so often I do get in a mood for short stories, but I’ve been reading mostly young adult collections lately as research for my novel.

]]> By: carolyn http://www.girldetective.net/?p=138&cpage=1#comment-1296 carolyn Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:24:47 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=138#comment-1296 get this - julavits' little brother worked as an intern for me when i was the copyeditor at sport magazine. weird eh. i don't like her writing tho. too twisted and despairing for me, particularly the novel. get this - julavits’ little brother worked as an intern for me when i was the copyeditor at sport magazine. weird eh. i don’t like her writing tho. too twisted and despairing for me, particularly the novel.

]]> By: emily http://www.girldetective.net/?p=138&cpage=1#comment-1291 emily Mon, 28 Mar 2005 12:11:34 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=138#comment-1291 The only time I got short stories to work for me was when I was revising for exams, when I didn't want to get sucked in by a novel. Since that time is, I hope, unlikely to come again, I'll need to find an excuse to get you to read Jane Gardam and Alison Lurie's short stories, both of which are marvellous. Your blog is no longer being picked up by Kinja - any idea why? The only time I got short stories to work for me was when I was revising for exams, when I didn’t want to get sucked in by a novel. Since that time is, I hope, unlikely to come again, I’ll need to find an excuse to get you to read Jane Gardam and Alison Lurie’s short stories, both of which are marvellous.

Your blog is no longer being picked up by Kinja - any idea why?

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