The Foxed Page

Besson might have lured us in with Marcel P., but we stayed for the STORY. Listen in to find out how the prose, the plotting and the TURN (??) in this novel function so well.

Who ISN'T talking about the release of LIFE OF M on August 25??

Prepare for Cusk's new work by reminding yourself--or finding out for the first time--why her approach to fiction is so radical.

OUTLINE's narrative, structure and even basic description means plenty of grist for my mill. Whether you loved the book or were left wondering what the hell just happened--prepare for some super-rich edification.

(This is a REPOST of an earlier lecture.)

Yes. I'm going to read and analyze something I MYSELF WROTE.

I promise it won't be boring.

Also, it's short.

See the three question marks in the title above? Listen in to find out who would hate each one of them. We all have an impression of Stein, but Levy offers up (and problematizes) so much more.

With all its inventive, kooky, paramilitary (!) elements, Lost Lambs is delightful and wholly original. Except when it seems like a DIRECT descendent of Thomas Pynchon.

Listen in to fully appreciate the narrative stance, the postmodern elements (don't worry, I'll provide a definition), the structure, and the ways this frothy novel is crucially subversive.

And the gnats! Dive in to hear my theory for wtf is up with all the GNATs!