Comments on: There’s a Reason It’s Not Called ‘Literature Weekly’

By: tlitchfo

tlitchfo — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:33:28 +0000

I once saw a greeting card that had a picture of a room piled full of books on the front (kind of like this).

The text on the inside of the card was that Flannery O’Connor quote

By: NanMel

NanMel — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:36:11 +0000

I agree with you and Flannery O’Connor!

(“Everywhere I go, I’m asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don’t stifle enough of them. There’s many a best seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.” )

By: tlitchfo

tlitchfo — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:31:43 +0000

Entertainment Weekly is clearly out of touch with our (pop) culture and must be stopped.

Stupid First Ammendment.

By: NanMel

NanMel — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:11:32 +0000

I only scanned the list because, quite frankly, I lost faith in “Entertainment Weekly” a few years ago when they unilaterally claimed to despise “Family Guy,” but it seems to me that it is a list of books people have told them are good at some point.

It’s the list of titles you should know so when you’re at your office Christmas party with your stoner boyfriend and someone tries to make a Barbara Kingsolver reference you can upstage him by saying “She an author. Of books.” in response to his quizzical looks.

Some of the books are actually worth reading. I have actually read some of them. But those that are worth reading are cheapened by previously mentioned trash by Dan Brown. It is not the best book ever written, I don’t care what you say grocery store check-out lady.

Oh, and yes, there is no way anyone on the EW editorial staff could make it through Infinite Jest. To be honest, I’m having trouble myself, but not for the same reasons the dolts at the Family Guy hating rag of a mag are.