When Michel Legrand Dies
I sing it to feel the darkness of it. I demand access.
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Posts Tagged: Georges Perec
The Rumpus Interview with Joanna Walsh
Joanna Walsh discusses her story collection, Vertigo, consciousness, artifice, and simultaneity.
...moreStacks on Stacks
Consumer culture impossibly demands that we acquire possessions ad infinitum while condemning the clutter these objects inevitably produce. Over at Lit Hub, Susan Harlan surrenders to the stack: After all, how does a book find its place? Where does it belong?
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HORN! REVIEWS: La Boutique Obscure
Another wonderful illustrated review from HORN!
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“La Boutique Obscure,” by Georges Perec
After the celebrated French writer Georges Perec began psychoanalysis in the late 1960s, he made a habit of jotting down his dreams. He perfected the ability to awake mid-dream, make a few notes, and go immediately back to sleep; he later delivered the notes to his analyst. Though Perec was dutiful, the assignment was a […]
...morePerec On Asking For A Raise
Everyday life is surprisingly full of hair-raising adventures. Sometimes you don’t realize it until you’re in the thick of it. Waiting for the grocery store manager to confirm that you are not in fact the same guy who stole the roast chicken three days prior. Finding yourself in your boss’s office, waiting for him to […]
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