The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup

Seth Fischer bio ↓  ·  November 8th, 2009  ·  filed under books

Because I have way too much time on my hands, and because it’s oddly fitting this week, the book blog roundup is in the form of a dialogue between a hopeless writer and his roommate, who is stoned and watching CSI.

Writer: “Fiction is dead.” (via)

Roommate: “Oh, everything’ll be fine. Dude, look! They just removed that lady’s skull cap with a plunger.” (via)

W: “No really. It’s not just fiction. Publishing is on its last legs. We’ve gone ‘one better than book burning.‘”

R: ”Hey, have you ever looked in Grissom’s eyes? I mean really looked?”

W: ”I mean, reading old interviews from the Paris Review makes me feel a little better, but we’re totally fucked. There’s not even such a thing as narrative anymore. And look at what Philip Roth is saying. And just look at you! When’s the last time you read a book?”

R: “That’s cold, man. Alright. Lemme see your computer. You said the dude’s name was Philip Roth?” (types)

(From computer speakers): “Most of my sex scenes have been with women without green dildos. This is a first for me.” (via)

R: “You got anything this Roth dude wrote?”

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Seth Fischer's nonfiction has been published in Guernica Magazine and nominated for the Pushcart Prize. His fiction has won an honorable mention in The Glimmer Train Fiction Open. He is Sunday Editor at this here web site, and he’s the founding editor of www.splintergeneration.com. He lives in San Francisco and has a day job where he sits in a cubicle not too far from an albino alligator, a few penguins and some tree frogs. He can be reached at seth.fischer (at) gmail.com or on Twitter @sethfischer. More from this author →

2 Responses to “The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup”

  1. Marya Says:

    No green dildos!?

  2. JK Says:

    This was exxxcellent.

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