tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352258244647772022.post2009577583460052414..comments2023-04-27T02:16:01.047-07:00Comments on Words Incorporated: Experimental FictionStephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02187854108656107958noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352258244647772022.post-27125731877600903722013-02-06T19:02:05.448-08:002013-02-06T19:02:05.448-08:00She has a few other novels out there and a co-writ...She has a few other novels out there and a co-written philosophy book. But yeah, I wonder if she'll hang in there. <br /><br />I hope you do read it, MM! Something totally different. :)Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02187854108656107958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352258244647772022.post-8373448431417294822013-02-05T13:27:56.023-08:002013-02-05T13:27:56.023-08:00I think I kinda want to read this now. It does see...I think I kinda want to read this now. It does seem a little bit "reality novelish" and I'm not sure I like that idea. It's neither a novel nor a memoir, but rather it sounds like it's just some girl's journal she sent to a publisher who liked her pretty style. I don't know if I agree with writing work like this. The problem for Sheila Heti, not Sheila the character, is that she might only turn out to be a one hit wonder, which isn't something I'd like to have on my resume. There are plenty of actors in Hollywood who have that exact resume!Mary Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09429769115085903305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352258244647772022.post-41858211130205250312013-01-29T19:56:20.591-08:002013-01-29T19:56:20.591-08:00Also, I have added Verlyn Klinkenborg, the writer ...Also, I have added Verlyn Klinkenborg, the writer not the rock band, to my Amazon wish list. :)Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02187854108656107958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352258244647772022.post-10976053616136593822013-01-29T19:54:32.870-08:002013-01-29T19:54:32.870-08:00"Also, cringed a bit at the 'minutes late..."Also, cringed a bit at the 'minutes later.'" Right?? It's like she's hovering out there, waiting to hear what The People Think. Which is terrible and sad, and I hope is not true, or Sheila Heti didn't get the lessons that Sheila Not Heti learned in the book.<br /><br />I'm so glad someone is reading this. It was all echo-chambery before you showed up. Hello(((lo)))((lo))(lo)Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02187854108656107958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352258244647772022.post-1538715813272593962013-01-29T19:25:28.789-08:002013-01-29T19:25:28.789-08:00Hmm. Perhaps years down the road, she'll wish ...Hmm. Perhaps years down the road, she'll wish the technology to facilitate such moments so publicly wasn't so 'there.'<br /><br />All I can say is I'm very glad social media was not around when I was in my twenties. Or worse, high school.<br /><br />(Also, cringed a bit at the 'minutes later.')<br /><br />About the genre thing, Steph, the book from which I quoted today: (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Several-Short-Sentences-About-Writing/dp/0307266346/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1359516153&sr=8-1&keywords=short+sentences+about+writing" rel="nofollow">ta-da</a>.)Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352258244647772022.post-10280435037317744002013-01-29T19:14:51.718-08:002013-01-29T19:14:51.718-08:00That whole "genre" thing. It's words...That whole "genre" thing. It's words, people! Deal with it!Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02187854108656107958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352258244647772022.post-49182924005418260592013-01-29T19:11:42.641-08:002013-01-29T19:11:42.641-08:00See, blogs need a "like" button!
So I w...See, blogs need a "like" button!<br /><br />So I was listening to the Slate magazine book club about this book (http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/the_audio_book_club/2012/10/sheila_heti_s_how_should_a_person_be_discussion_podcast_and_book_club_guide_.html ... that is a very long URL ...) and apparently after one Slate reviewer "accidentally" referred to the Sheila character in the book as "Sheila Heti," Sheila herself wrote in, like minutes later, and demanded they fix it. Because the character Sheila is not Sheila Heti.<br /><br />I'm not sure what to think about that.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02187854108656107958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352258244647772022.post-81449634629314019772013-01-29T16:03:01.463-08:002013-01-29T16:03:01.463-08:00Oops. I didn't mean that it 'is' a nov...Oops. I didn't mean that it 'is' a novel. I just meant it is what it is (whatever that may be) but it exists.<br /><br />It is. Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352258244647772022.post-58340330334757870712013-01-29T16:00:54.214-08:002013-01-29T16:00:54.214-08:00'How is this a novel?'
Maybe it is, maybe...'How is this a novel?'<br /><br />Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. But it is.<br /><br />I want to follow your blog, Steph.Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352258244647772022.post-25269967228860223622013-01-29T12:32:23.008-08:002013-01-29T12:32:23.008-08:00Now that I've finished it and had a day to thi...Now that I've finished it and had a day to think about it, I know the answer to my question. The question of how Heti gets away with it. The answer is that nobody else writes like Heti. <br /><br />"I did value Margaux, but only now did I understand something I had not before: Margaux was not like the stars in the sky. There was only one Margaux -- not Margauxs scattered everywhere, all throughout the darkness. If there was only one of her, there was not going to be a second one. Yet in some strange way, somewhere in side me, I had always believe that if I lost Margaux, I could go out and find another Margaux.<br /><br />"Now it all seemed so horrible to me. And didn't it explain everything? But I had never wanted to be one person, or even believed that I was one, so I had never considered the true singularity of anyone else. I said to myself, You are only given one. The one you are given is the one to put a fence around. Life is not a harvest. Just because you have an apple doesn't mean you have an orchard. You have an apple. Put a fence around it. once you have put a fence around everything you value, then you have the total circle of your heart."Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02187854108656107958noreply@blogger.com