Slog - Comments on Reading Tonight http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_57 I woke up with a Blind Melon song stuck in my head (or I guess the Blind Melon song in my head), but it's another day chock-full of readings, including a young adult novelist up at Third Place Books and a Poetry Slam in Fremont, so I must push the Hoon aside to let you know what's going on. The big reading of the day is Keith Gessen, reading from All the Sad Young Literary Men at Elliott Bay Book Company. Jonathan Crimmins directed his giant brain toward the book in this week's paper: In each story, AtSYLM metaphorically... Copyright 2008 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:15:00 -0800 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:00:59 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Wier Actually, Kevin Phillips is just $5 at Town Hall tonight, 7:30p. Sadly, Latifah/Keaton free...

]]> Wier http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_57#c1009805 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_57#c1009805 Books Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:49:55 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty Ursula LeGuin's reading her new book tonight? That would be worth going to. Seeing as she's dead.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_57#c1009815 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_57#c1009815 Books Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:58:28 -0800 Comment by Levislade @2 - Ah, unless you just killed her, no, she's not.

http://www.ursulakleguin.com/Index-Lavinia.html

]]> Levislade http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_57#c1009832 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_57#c1009832 Books Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:14:43 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty Mmm, you're right - I was thinking of Madeline L'Engle. All the more reason to go see her tonight; you may not have another chance.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_57#c1009855 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_57#c1009855 Books Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:26:26 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Just a warning, if she lets the audience ask questions, any men in the audience won't get their questions answered, so make sure your gf asks the question instead.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_57#c1010017 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_57#c1010017 Books Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:27:33 -0800 Comment by PopTart Jonathan's review of All the Sad Young Literary Men is well written. So this isn't a criticism of his review, which I liked.

But, I've read about 5 reviews of that book now (all fairly positive actually) and each review has made me less and less inclined to read it.

Am I missing something about this book because I'm a girl? Seriously, I read all sorts of books and usually the gender of the characters has absolutely zero to do with whether I read a book or not.

I mean I guess it is fine because everyone has their likes and dislikes and God knows there are already way too many books stacked on my nightstand waiting to be read.

But I can't figure out what is so great about this book. And for some reason that annoys me.

]]> PopTart http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_57#c1010093 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_57#c1010093 Books Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:02:26 -0800 Comment by erin1980 It's slacker fiction. When one slacker reads about other slackers it makes the first slacker feel better about reading SLOG all day instead of working.

]]> erin1980 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_57#c1010162 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_57#c1010162 Books Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:40:20 -0800 Comment by Paul Constant PopTart, it's very much an acquired taste, as most writing about writers is. You really shouldn't let it get to you--of course it's set the literary world on fire, because it's about the literary world. This doesn't mean it's good or bad, it just means that it gets a lot of attention. If you're not interested, you shouldn't force it.

]]> Paul Constant http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_57#c1010381 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_57#c1010381 Books Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:36:02 -0800 Comment by PopTart @8 Thanks Paul. Sadly, my degree is in writing so that probably makes it worse.

However, I spent a bunch more time reading reviews on the internet and now I am sure I don't need to read it and moreover I'm vindicated in my reasons why. I love how on the internet you can usually find back up support for your opinions. I guess I hate that about the internet too though...

On a completely unrelated topic, I thought your piece on Amazon in this week's issue was well written and thought provoking.

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