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Tag Archives: Geek Love
2010 Paris Review Interview with Katherine Dunn
Over on Facebook, there’s been a public mourning over the death of Geek Love author Katherine Dunn as intense as the passing of Prince. It’s not as huge a population, but it’s as devoted. My friend Mitchell said, “I see … Continue reading
R.I.P. Katherine Dunn
“I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some words got me into trouble and others got me out.” -Katherine Dunn In 2009, a news story emerged from the … Continue reading
“Last November a young woman tried to snatch my purse on the street. I punched her out until the cavalry arrived. Most fun Iâve had in years.”
An excerpt from an interview with Katherine Dunn in The Paris Review. She has a new short story in this edition of The Paris Review, and if you follow Dunn’s career, then you know this is a huge event. People … Continue reading
Katherine Dunn On Boxing
Genius writer Katherine Dunn talks about her new book on boxing (which she has reported on for decades) in this recent interview. Her honesty is, of course, startling, raw, and refreshing. She’s brilliant. She makes the rest of the goddamn … Continue reading
Book Meme: Pick One
Hard to pick one answer for each. Got this from Ted. One book youâre currently reading: I am only reading one. I cannot read fiction right now. I can barely read, if you want to know the truth, but I … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlotte Bronte, Crime and Punishment, Evelyn Waugh, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Geek Love, Harriet the Spy, Helter Skelter, Jane Eyre, Katherine Dunn, Leo Tolstoy, Louise Fitzhugh, Mating, Norman Rush, Nureyev, Scoop, Shakespeare, Villette, Vincent Bugliosi, War and Peace
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Geek Love In Ink
A pretty spectacular slideshow of tattoos. The slideshow came to my attention because of Book Slut’s post about the tattoo of Leona the lizard girl from Katherine Dunn’s Geek Love: Geek Love is one of the most shattering books I … Continue reading
The Books: “Geek Love” (Katherine Dunn)
Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: Geek Love: A Novel – by Katherine Dunn The less said about this book the better. All I can do is tell you to read it. But don’t ever say that I didn’t warn you. … Continue reading
Favorite Fictional Characters
A revised list, from a post I did a while back. My favorite characters from fiction. I am limiting my choices to just novels – and leaving out such amazing characters as Hamlet, or Stanley Kowalski. Here is how I … Continue reading
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Tagged A Prayer for Owen Meany, A Tale of Two Cities, Alice in Wonderland, Anne of Green Gables, Catch-22, Charlotte's Web, Crime and Punishment, East of Eden, Emily of New Moon, Geek Love, Great Expectations, Huckleberry Finn, Jane Eyre, L.A. Confidential, Little Women, Moby Dick, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Pride and Prejudice, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, The Brothers Karamazov, The Catcher In the Rye, The Passion, The Shipping News, Ulysses
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Passing On the Geek Love
Emily is now in the process of reading the incredible novel Geek Love: A Novel by Katherine Dunn. I had such a strong response to that book when I first read it (years ago) that I haven’t picked it up … Continue reading