January 2005
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Sontag & Teachers
Among the remembrances of the late Susan Sontag, this piece by William Drenttel was a favorite. [Update: “Susan Superstar,” a 5,200-word essay by Franklin Foer just published at New York Magazine’s site, is fabulous and comprehensive.] Drenttel designed many of Sontag’s book covers, including a small poptart-sized booklet called “Literature is Freedom,”...
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We'd Better Recognize
I’ve reached page 200 of William Gaddis’s “The Recognitions” — only 750 pages to go. I really liked his “Carpenter’s Gothic,” and I’ve had “Recognitions” on the mental list for a few years. I moved it to the front of a real list after seeing it again on one of those writers’ must-read lists — in this case William...