http://www.davidvarno.com Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:22:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.davidvarno.com/2011/11/16/come-see-your-rome-that-weeps/#comment-89 David Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:22:58 +0000 http://www.davidvarno.com/?p=391#comment-89 They were American, though I just read W. Kennedy's latest and loved it for the most part, full as it was with conventions. His brand of barrel-chested, Hemingway-loving newspaper prose, expanded with Joycean meditations, is strong enough to save any clunky plot. Agreed of course on Bolaño and Aira , though all I've read so far is How I Became A Nun. This reminds me to read more. Hints...let's see... new wave and what comes before apple pie. They were American, though I just read W. Kennedy’s latest and loved it for the most part, full as it was with conventions. His brand of barrel-chested, Hemingway-loving newspaper prose, expanded with Joycean meditations, is strong enough to save any clunky plot. Agreed of course on Bolaño and Aira , though all I’ve read so far is How I Became A Nun. This reminds me to read more.
Hints…let’s see… new wave and what comes before apple pie.

]]> http://www.davidvarno.com/2011/11/16/come-see-your-rome-that-weeps/#comment-87 Ben Tripp Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:09:28 +0000 http://www.davidvarno.com/?p=391#comment-87 I'm curious...what novels were they? Would you give a hint? Were they Americans (I decided this fall, Bolan-yo, Aria, are, American, better American authors than anybody basically from 'America' America)? I’m curious…what novels were they? Would you give a hint? Were they Americans (I decided this fall, Bolan-yo, Aria, are, American, better American authors than anybody basically from ‘America’ America)?

]]> http://www.davidvarno.com/2011/11/01/willem-de-kooning-and-revision/#comment-59 David Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:40:05 +0000 http://www.davidvarno.com/?p=378#comment-59 The catalogue arrived last week and I've read through most of it. Elderfield's writing is great, though I find myself wishing for less forensic evidence of the paintings' evolution (infrared photographs show underdrawing; cross-sections show..., etc.), and more reactions from peers, friends, etc to the various version as they were seen in the studio. Dore Ashton might have this in New York School; I'll have to go back to it. I also have to send for a new copy of the catalogue because the case split immediately from the binding, which probably wasn't my fault because I know how to open a book. The catalogue arrived last week and I’ve read through most of it. Elderfield’s writing is great, though I find myself wishing for less forensic evidence of the paintings’ evolution (infrared photographs show underdrawing; cross-sections show…, etc.), and more reactions from peers, friends, etc to the various version as they were seen in the studio. Dore Ashton might have this in New York School; I’ll have to go back to it. I also have to send for a new copy of the catalogue because the case split immediately from the binding, which probably wasn’t my fault because I know how to open a book.

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