Comments on: Lost & Found: Pretty Wings Edition

By: Claudia

Claudia — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:04:02 +0000

Thanks, Doret! That’s great motivation for me to stick with it.

By: Doret

Doret — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:41:49 +0000

I enjoyed I Am Not Sidney Poitier. I wonder if Ted Turner ‘s read it? Once the MC got out into the world all that happened to him read like short stories and this worked for me. Keep reading, its worth it.

By: pprscribe

pprscribe — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:23:34 +0000

You know–I am SO glad you said that. I absolutely adore Whitehead and so thought something was wrong with me that I was not gobbling this up. But I eventually started to “get” that the location *is* the plot (and, of course, the main character) and to just go with the flow. I feel you on the LOLing. It didn’t help that I am only a few years older than the protagonist and so could relate first-hand to some of the period-piece details. LOL!

I hadn;t thought about writing a review, but perhaps I will–maybe tie it into to the Obamas’ recent trip to the Vineyard….

By: Claudia

Claudia — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:39:39 +0000

Poitier is a crazy, crazy novel. Really absurd. Which I usually like, but I takes more getting used to than Erasure. Have you read his parody of Strom Thurmond? It's in that same vein, I think. And just to give you one small indication of what the reading experience is like: the title character as a young black man is adopted by Ted Turner?!? Kinda silly, but then...not.

By: Claudia

Claudia — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:33:55 +0000

Thanks, Rob! Are you looking forward to Living Colour on Guitar Hero III?!?!

By: Claudia

Claudia — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:33:00 +0000

You’ll have to let me know what you think of Sag Harbor. Are you writing a review? It took me some time to really get into it, but I do like Whitehead’s voice and I’ve laughed out loud a few times. Definitely not a plot-driven book, though!

By: Rich Watson

Rich Watson — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:05:28 +0000

How is I Am Not Sidney Potiier? Heard good things about it.

By: Rob Fields

Rob Fields — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:44:27 +0000

Claudia, thanks so much for your kind shout out. And, yes, the work you’re doing here was, and continues to be, most helpful to me, particularly as I’m working to put this evolving cultural moment we’re experiencing into some perspective. Please keep up the good work!

Rob

By: pprscribe

pprscribe — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:44:24 +0000

I am also reading “Sag Harbor.” After that, though, I have a backlog of books to read so I will have to make some difficult decisions! LOL

Thanks SO much for the Color Me Brown link. What a wonderful initiative!