Re: (TV) richard hell in NYT

[Russ <russvr@gmail.com>]

Thanks for the answers on that.


On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 9:39 PM, Phil Obbard <pobbard@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I, too, read "Go Now" and share the same feelings. Have not read any
> others,
> although I have read "Hot and Cold" (collections of essays) which is
> exactly
> what it says it is.
>
> Also, I've read "The Bluest Eye", but not "Beloved". Huh.
>
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> From: robin dunn <rdunnrn@yahoo.com>
> To: tv@obbard.com
> Sent: Tue, December 14, 2010 7:25:39 PM
> Subject: Re: (TV) richard hell in NYT
>
> hell:  read "go now."  not perfect, not bad.  has the feel of a first
> novel.
> interesting insight into the mind of richard hell.  has anyone read any of
> his
> others?  i would want to assume he has developed as a writer ("the bluest
> eye"
> is no "beloved," for example).
>
>
> just finished "the petting zoo" and would say the same -- imperfect -- the
> dialogue particularly -- but well worth reading for anyone with an interest
> in
> the new york art scene in general, or carroll in particular.
>
> r
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> --- On Tue, 12/14/10, Russ <russvr@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Russ <russvr@gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: (TV) richard hell in NYT
> > To: tv@obbard.com
> > Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 5:55 PM
> > Has anyone here read his novels ?
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 5:57 PM, andy fekete <andy.fekete@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > "...Carroll was a continuous generator of entertaining
> > anecdotes featuring
> > > himself. It beat working. The stories paid for his
> > drugs, and the drugs
> > > helped underwrite the poetry...He lived among the
> > poets of history, of
> > > life,
> > > not the accountants or the police officers. He was a
> > con man, but all
> > > artists know that, significantly, they are bedazzlers,
> > masters of illusion.
> > > Beautiful poetry isn t life, but it s pretty to think
> > so..."
> > >
> > > That's some impressive prose.
> > >
> > > Richard Hell really is quite a good writer.
> > >
> > > -A
> > >
> > > On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 11:07 AM, robin dunn <rdunnrn@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > richard hell review's jim carroll's posthumus
> > novel "the petting zoo" in
> > > > the new york times today:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/books/review/Hell-t.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&adxn
> > > nlx=1292169614-ZKdoYHv1c819gECeUde6OA
> > > >
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