Can I Work For This Man?

He writes about children’s books and uses the word “fucking” in his blog. Oh, and he scoffs at celebrity-written kids’ books.

My hero.

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current book: nearly done with I Sailed with Magellan and ready for something new. I’ve gotten a handful of recommendations recently; it looks like either Don DeLillo’s The Body Artist or Michele Houellebecq’s The Elementary Particles is up next. Or perhaps I’ll pick up some JM Coetzee, whose writing is nearly always described as “spare,” for an antidote to Dybek’s rich descriptions. Disgrace was the last leisure reading I did before grad school (and considering one of the themes is rape, it wasn’t that leisurely), but Coetzee’s The Life and Times of Michael K has also been recommended.

current music: Sleater-Kinney’s “Modern Girl.” “My baby loves me / I’m so hungry / hunger makes me a modern girl.”

current socks: boring thorlo gym socks. There are novelty gym socks out there, but not in the brand I like. Sucks to be picky.