Ugh, Literati, I fear I have committed a major offense. Yesterday I bought David Markson's The Last Novel at Barnes and Noble, rather than ordering it from his awesome publisher.
My reason being that I freaked out and had to have a book to read immediately and then I was in Barnes and Noble and, well... See, the other book I am reading is called The American Prose Poem: Poetic Form and the Boundaries of Genre. It is sort of awesome, but I hope you can understand why I needed something else to read pronto.
Please know that I did not take the Barnes and Noble cashier's advice and get their stupid card that makes you buy everything there because you can save, like, 3 cents every time you use it.
Oh Literati, please forgive me. I will sincerely apologize to David Markson in our letter, and address myself as a "chach-bag writer," to use my new favorite term, coined by Meghan Austin.
(See pretentious picture of our favorite chach-bag writer above. I will also send David a picture of myself in this same pretentious pose, but in front of Burrito House or something.)
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Also, I was at Barnes & Noble yesterday waiting for a friend to finish work, and I almost bought the collected stories by that writer you recommended who I've always avoided. I didn't buy it, not because of Barnes & Noble but because there was a school marmish picture of her on the cover and I couldn't support such bad design choice. I imagine her earlier collections had even worse design, being part of the 1980's shoulder-pad, paint splotch book design era, but come on people.
reading markson makes up for shopping at b&n. so what you did does not exist.
that's awesome; can other, eviler things i've done not exist, too?
Yes, every evil thing in one's life can be canceled out by buying one really good book. The problem is, I just haven't found enough good books!
If you write a book yourself, I think that wipes off two evil deeds. Unless the book itself is an evil deed, and then you only get one point.
I fear that I may have to hit the B&N as well, just because of procrastination.
That's what they thrive on: people's inability to think ahead.
Also, I might go to Borders (which is just as bad) because I have that secret teacher discount card from our expatriate friend.
yes, take borders for all they're worth.
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