tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045057682441280238.post3969808853159188549..comments2024-02-24T08:17:41.032-08:00Comments on One Bite at a Time: Too Deep to be Popular? Or Vice Versa?Dana Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045057682441280238.post-91925256025689652532008-11-26T14:30:00.000-08:002008-11-26T14:30:00.000-08:00Or how about Striker Remora as a good name for som...Or how about Striker Remora as a good name for someone who's just along for the ride? But I'd suggest an anagram generator as a source of pseudonyms. My name yielded the wonderful Zesty Provoker.<BR/>==============<BR/> Detectives Beyond Borders<BR/>“Because Murder Has More Zest Away From Home”<BR/> <A HREF="http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</A>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045057682441280238.post-31226168573621572182008-11-26T13:51:00.000-08:002008-11-26T13:51:00.000-08:00Golly-gosh, but my heart skipped a beat there ... ...Golly-gosh, but my heart skipped a beat there ... and then I realised you were talking about the other Burke guy. I really will have to get myself a psuedonym. Has anyone else first dibs on Stryker Ramore?Declan Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14322645323239292406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045057682441280238.post-9896786445433712532008-11-26T06:04:00.000-08:002008-11-26T06:04:00.000-08:00Peter, I agree. Poets are not looked down upon for...Peter, I agree. Poets are not looked down upon for writing ballads or sonnets or villanelles; the good ones are celebrated as triumphs in the form. Using Burke as an example again, there is nothing about the content or the conventions used that negates any of the beauty of hs writing. He tells a damn good story, too.Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045057682441280238.post-56205940314007895812008-11-25T20:58:00.000-08:002008-11-25T20:58:00.000-08:00It gets smaller. The day of my first interview wit...It gets smaller. The day of my first interview with Hankus Netsky, I mentioned his name to my girlfriend at the time. It turns out that he had been a counsellor at music camp she attended in New Jersey.<BR/><BR/>What's good is good etc. is true to a point. We champions of "genre" literature need to insist that, say, a James Lee Burke writes fine stories that happen to be about crime. But we should also recognize the joys of writing within and against genre conventions. It occurred to me that French literary thinkers of the OULIPO kind would win applause for deliberately seeing what they could do within rigid, arbitrary rules, such as writing a novel without the letter e in it. Why should a writer not win respect for seeing what he or she can accomplish within genre rules?Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045057682441280238.post-18494540956122321402008-11-25T16:19:00.000-08:002008-11-25T16:19:00.000-08:00Tim,Absolutely right. I just re-read RED HARVEST a...Tim,<BR/>Absolutely right. I just re-read RED HARVEST a few weeks ago, and read THE LONG GOODBYE every few years. TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN is on my TBR pile. What's good is good, regardless of its subject matter, or the subject matter.<BR/><BR/>Peter,<BR/>Funny how this small world business works, even across disciplines. The Klezmer Band is still a big deal there, the Conservatory has always been quite proud of its connection.Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045057682441280238.post-73581780011896761192008-11-24T12:36:00.000-08:002008-11-24T12:36:00.000-08:00A wise statement with a suitably bang-up kicker. I...A wise statement with a suitably bang-up kicker. I shall look for an excuse to link to it.<BR/><BR/>By the way, my first real article was about the Klezmer Conservatory Band, led by Hankus Netsky, then and, for all I know, still, of the New England Conservatory. In fact, the band took its name from the school.<BR/>===================<BR/> Detectives Beyond Borders<BR/>"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<BR/> <A HREF="http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</A>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045057682441280238.post-69670957492843100632008-11-22T13:17:00.000-08:002008-11-22T13:17:00.000-08:00Absolutely right, Dana. The whole "literary-genre...Absolutely right, Dana. The whole "literary-genre" thing makes my teeth hurt. What's THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN? What's THE LONG GOODBYE? RED HARVESTTHE LAST KISS? On the other hand, does junk stop being junk because it's "literary" junk? <BR/><BR/>Okay, there's a lot of genre crap. But there's a lot of crap on the literary side, too. Your point cuts through it all -- there's only good writing abd bac writing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com