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patroclusbro's review against another edition
4.0
There is something about the way that Myles talks about writing - as a state of being, a repetitive describing the world - that really keeps resonating with me.
samarakroeger's review against another edition
funny
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
This is a direct transcript of a speech they gave at Yale, and the lack of punctuation shows it. It has not been edited for clarity, really, and is quite rambling. If you wanted to know Eileen Myles’ qualms about their landlady, look no further!
I did rather enjoy the parts that focused more on writing and the creative process.
I did rather enjoy the parts that focused more on writing and the creative process.
toefurky's review against another edition
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
(on writing)
“Yeah it’s just a form of employment for the unemployable, a life-long something for the got nothings, it’s just what I did (shrug) while I was living in this cheap apartment…”
“I think of writing, at best, as always quickly darting off into what it does. The horizon of the practice. That out there. And even if the subject is ‘me’ it still feels that way. I’m gone. Necessarily.”
“Yeah it’s just a form of employment for the unemployable, a life-long something for the got nothings, it’s just what I did (shrug) while I was living in this cheap apartment…”
“I think of writing, at best, as always quickly darting off into what it does. The horizon of the practice. That out there. And even if the subject is ‘me’ it still feels that way. I’m gone. Necessarily.”
ohjilla's review against another edition
5.0
"When my hand hits the keyboard I'm lying"
An excellent and possibly final read of 2021
An excellent and possibly final read of 2021