tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882328134301302910.post2155869581408109812..comments2023-09-20T08:58:35.424-04:00Comments on Fringe Magazine: The PoolFringehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18357943047025361797noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882328134301302910.post-65062780510918544892007-07-18T14:50:00.000-04:002007-07-18T14:50:00.000-04:00After Long Silence by Helen Fremont (memoir) - def...After Long Silence by Helen Fremont (memoir) - definitely!Shuchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03983297122881538943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882328134301302910.post-11822073158386460702007-07-18T14:49:00.000-04:002007-07-18T14:49:00.000-04:00After Long Silence by Helen Fremont (memoir)...rea...After Long Silence by Helen Fremont (memoir)...really goodShuchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03983297122881538943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882328134301302910.post-52093849810637374342007-07-18T14:24:00.000-04:002007-07-18T14:24:00.000-04:00We should include Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir Eat,...We should include Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir <I> Eat, Pray, Love </I>. I didn't expect to like it because honestly, I thought it was going to be elevated chick lit, but I loved it. It's a wonderful read.Looks and Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09367616732400020507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882328134301302910.post-10607600079850980132007-07-13T11:14:00.000-04:002007-07-13T11:14:00.000-04:00The History of Love is a great idea! I just read i...The History of Love is a great idea! I just read it myself. I'll make sure it gets added to the Pool. Thanks for the suggestion!JGalHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04130937868587976530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882328134301302910.post-42609971210000292102007-07-12T18:39:00.000-04:002007-07-12T18:39:00.000-04:00Also wanted to say that perhaps a nice *alternativ...Also wanted to say that perhaps a nice *alternative* to Safran Foer is Nicole Krauss's The History of Love. Jewish, families, writing, aging, loss...amazing!Forgotten Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06821338597108020504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882328134301302910.post-52459236444763285002007-07-12T18:37:00.000-04:002007-07-12T18:37:00.000-04:00I just finished reading Bottle Rocket Hearts by Zo...I just finished reading Bottle Rocket Hearts by Zoe Whittall. It's queer, it's punk rock, it's Quebec in political tumult. And it is a brilliant treatment of the negotiation between politics and the personal.Forgotten Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06821338597108020504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882328134301302910.post-20299439708215841052007-06-20T09:05:00.000-04:002007-06-20T09:05:00.000-04:00Good call. Totally added to the pool, along with ...Good call. Totally added to the pool, along with Jamaica Kincaid's Autobiography of my Mother!Fringehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18357943047025361797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882328134301302910.post-83504510510233962882007-06-19T18:32:00.000-04:002007-06-19T18:32:00.000-04:00How about Gloria Naylor's Mama Day (1988)?How about Gloria Naylor's <EM>Mama Day</EM> (1988)?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07874295006892330117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882328134301302910.post-53876954772848181152007-06-17T09:04:00.000-04:002007-06-17T09:04:00.000-04:00Well, Everything is Illuminated is no doubt an exc...Well, Everything is Illuminated is no doubt an excellent book, but it is our understanding that it was written by a straight white man -- if folks want to vote for it, that's fine -- but it doesn't belong in the pool.Fringehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18357943047025361797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882328134301302910.post-65411172294121367442007-06-16T16:40:00.000-04:002007-06-16T16:40:00.000-04:00How about Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Sa...How about Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882328134301302910.post-12747662931968641622007-06-14T09:03:00.000-04:002007-06-14T09:03:00.000-04:00No worries -- it was difficult at times to come up...No worries -- it was difficult at times to come up with the pool for this very reason. We really wanted, for example, to put Isabel Allende on the list, but ended up leaving her off because most of her stuff wasn't originally written in english.<BR/><BR/>You may note the absence of Marilynne Robinson and Toni Morrison as well. We decided to leave these two (only women/of color writers from the original NTY list) off of our list because we wanted to give press to other writers and force our voters to read beyond the usual token suspects.Fringehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18357943047025361797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882328134301302910.post-82994707039480534582007-06-14T00:38:00.000-04:002007-06-14T00:38:00.000-04:00Yeah. 25 years. I'm an idiot. sorry about that ...Yeah. 25 years. I'm an idiot. sorry about that one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882328134301302910.post-10563408980954844702007-06-13T18:48:00.000-04:002007-06-13T18:48:00.000-04:00Indeed, Flannery would belong on this list if one ...Indeed, Flannery would belong on this list if one of her novels had been published after 1982, but sadly, we can only consider novels with first publication dates of 1982 and afterwards.Fringehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18357943047025361797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882328134301302910.post-31742268465327271842007-06-13T18:21:00.000-04:002007-06-13T18:21:00.000-04:00Flannery O'Connor definitely deserves a place on t...Flannery O'Connor definitely deserves a place on this list. "Wise Blood" and "The Violent Bear It Away" are her two novels.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882328134301302910.post-40818947496050414252007-06-13T15:52:00.000-04:002007-06-13T15:52:00.000-04:00I agree -- Amy Hempel's storiess are fantastic, bu...I agree -- Amy Hempel's storiess are fantastic, but per <A HREF="http://thenounthatverbsyourworld.blogspot.com/2007/06/best-25-novels-of-last-25-years-fringe.html" REL="nofollow">the rules</A>, short story collections are ineligible. But keep those thoughts coming!Lizziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01191757447911582264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882328134301302910.post-59736292309916832872007-06-13T15:45:00.000-04:002007-06-13T15:45:00.000-04:00amy hempel, the collected works.she has mastered t...amy hempel, the collected works.<BR/><BR/>she has mastered the art of short storytelling, in a definitive feminist voice. i would definitely add her to this list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com