More on this subject:
If I write a blog about my cute dog, then I court The Dog Problem. I have been aware of The Dog Problem for some time (it is a relative of the Cat Video or an F bomb – not a lowbrow easy laugh, but a lazy emotional conveyance) but I had never heard that name put to it until a workshop last spring with Meg Wolitzer…
It happened that I was travelling when I heard the news that Mavis Gallant had died. And it bugged me that I had no one to talk to about her. As a writer, she was more to be admired than loved. Her prose was terribly dense, her themes rarely transparent....
I know a fair amount about Philip Roth. I’ve seen two films based on his work – namely Goodbye Columbus, years ago, and The Human Stain, recently (and holy moly, what an incredible amount of PLOT there is!)…