tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613158679577406651.post3212409653343697860..comments2023-10-30T10:24:43.261-05:00Comments on caught in the snide: Update on pleasure readingProf. de Breezehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15058193046200756821noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613158679577406651.post-82783096461423603072008-06-08T22:01:00.000-05:002008-06-08T22:01:00.000-05:00Yeah, fairies are hard for me. But I will endeavor...Yeah, fairies are hard for me. But I will endeavor!<BR/><BR/>Crowley was a great guy--an unusually dedicated, thoughtful workshop leader--and I have warm feelings for him and his particular course (if not, generally, for the phenomenon that is the undergraduate creative writing course). <BR/><BR/>Speaking of which, just finished <I>Straight Man</I> and feel that I need, immediately, to read it again.Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613158679577406651.post-69806307111200969882008-06-08T18:20:00.000-05:002008-06-08T18:20:00.000-05:00Flavia: Wow! I am so totally envious that you've ...Flavia: Wow! I am so totally envious that you've actually worked with John Crowley, who is one of those writers I would love to meet except that I know I would turn into a tongue-tied adolescent in his presence. You really should read <I>Little, Big</I>, at least. It's a beautiful and powerful work (as long as you can get past the fairies).<BR/><BR/>And congratulations on finishing (very soon) <I>Straight Man</I>, which is one of my feel-good books. I've made at least five other people read it so far, and I invoke it like the <I>I Ching</I> in faculty meetings. My favorite line in the novel: "There are lots of dull teachers. You can't make them all deans."Prof. de Breezehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15058193046200756821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613158679577406651.post-87638609007186551912008-06-08T15:40:00.000-05:002008-06-08T15:40:00.000-05:00Ooh, way to go with the leisure reading! And since...Ooh, way to go with the leisure reading! And since we're sharing, I myself am close to finishing <I>Straight Man</I> (which I can't believe I hadn't read before).<BR/><BR/>I actually took a fiction writing class from Crowley, way back when, but have never read anything by him. You may have inspired me to add him to my list.Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.com