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The Literary.: Ben Marcus Responds to My Question on Goodreads
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The official blog of writer Robert Detman. Since 2008. Tuesday, October 7, 2014. Ben Marcus Responds to My Question on Goodreads. As a writer who writes in a great tradition of the more esoteric and experimental vein of fiction, how do you explain your work to people who probably will not understand it (when they read it), or to those that you can be certain will not understand it? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Gary Lutz and Postmodern Sentence Poetics. Gary Lutz and Postmodern Sentence Poetics.
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The Literary.: Publishers Weekly's glowing assessment of IMPOSSIBLE LIVES OF BASHER THOMAS a novel by Robert Detman
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The official blog of writer Robert Detman. Since 2008. Thursday, November 20, 2014. Publishers Weekly's glowing assessment of IMPOSSIBLE LIVES OF BASHER THOMAS a novel by Robert Detman. Here, in its entirety, is the review from PUBLISHERS WEEKLY on the novel:. Link to this review:. Http:/ www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-692-24349-7. Please help me out and go to the link, link back, tweet, and like. Art of the Novel. Impossible Lives of Basher Thomas. William T. Vollmann. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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The Literary.: Free giveaway of IMPOSSIBLE LIVES OF BASHER THOMAS a novel by Robert Detman
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The official blog of writer Robert Detman. Since 2008. Thursday, November 13, 2014. Free giveaway of IMPOSSIBLE LIVES OF BASHER THOMAS a novel by Robert Detman. THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED- THANKS FOR ALL WHO PARTICIPATED- WATCH THIS SPACE FOR MORE . . . EVENTUALLY. Doing a free giveaway here. For the first five people who contact me. Contact info available on this site) I'll send you a copy of IMPOSSIBLE LIVES OF BASHER THOMAS. A fresh and intriguing work.”. Thu Nov 13, 01:59:00 PM PST. Five (Make that ...
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The Literary.: Rave Review of IMPOSSIBLE LIVES OF BASHER THOMAS from Nomadic Press
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The official blog of writer Robert Detman. Since 2008. Sunday, January 11, 2015. Rave Review of IMPOSSIBLE LIVES OF BASHER THOMAS from Nomadic Press. Has provided a rave review for Impossible Lives of Basher Thomas. This is a novel that will stick with you because of its poetical means of exploring the human condition and Detman’s uncanny ability to weave beautiful, and haunting, imagery. Full review here: http:/ www.nomadicpress.org/reviews/impossiblelivesofbasherthomas. Art of the Novel. Interview - Pa...
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The Literary.: Wide Ranging Interview with Robert Detman at Wisdom of the West
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The official blog of writer Robert Detman. Since 2008. Sunday, January 18, 2015. Wide Ranging Interview with Robert Detman at Wisdom of the West. Many thanks to generous fellow blogger Jim at Wisdom of the West. Who over the years has left insightful comments on items in this blog. Jim is publishing a serial interview with me about my novel, Impossible Lives of Basher Thomas. This complete interview is available here. Here's the introduction to "The Detman Files". Art of the Novel. Wisdom of the West.
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The Literary.: A Variation on the Writing Path: Part I
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The official blog of writer Robert Detman. Since 2008. Tuesday, June 9, 2015. A Variation on the Writing Path: Part I. The truth of this of course is that a writer doesn’t normally spend their allotted time- be it 8 hours a day or more if they are fortunate or supported, by writing- at writing; though social media, even if I were a full time writer, would still be a draining time suck to me). I was geared toward being a novelist, though one who had no apparent connection to the outside world (! When I ap...
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The Literary.: Girl with Curious Hair: On David Foster Wallace as Storyteller
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The official blog of writer Robert Detman. Since 2008. Thursday, October 2, 2014. Girl with Curious Hair: On David Foster Wallace as Storyteller. David Foster Wallace never seemed to care if a reader engaged with his writing or not. So much of his work seemed to strive for clever performance at the expense of readability, shunning those willing to go along for the ride. Certain Ben Marcus stories, etc.) and certainly these writers were influenced by Wallace. I’ll even go so far as to say, much of t...
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The Literary.: The Li(n)e Between Truth and Invention in Fiction
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The official blog of writer Robert Detman. Since 2008. Wednesday, July 16, 2014. The Li(n)e Between Truth and Invention in Fiction. In the recent biography Updike. Contrast this to Alice Munro, in her last collection, Dear Life. She has an addendum onto the final four stories, that they are to be read as essentially biographical. For whatever reason, I have always assumed her stories are autobiographical. Why would I assume this for one writer, but not another? Maybe there’s a lot to be said for a ...
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The Literary.: On having to explain one’s work (or that dumbing down logic)
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The official blog of writer Robert Detman. Since 2008. Friday, October 31, 2014. On having to explain one’s work (or that dumbing down logic). Don’t normally read novels to begin with, I feel as if I have to brace myself for the impact of their eventual failure to get it- if there’s anything to “get.”. Thus when I asked Ben Marcus that question ( http:/ robertmdetman.blogspot.com/2014/10/ben-marcus-responds-to-my-question-on.html. There have been moments of panic, while editing Impossible Lives. 8220;A D...
