Re: (TV) richard hell in NYT

[andy fekete <andy.fekete@gmail.com>]

Am waiting for the Richard Hell Reader, a collection that cherry picks the
very best of his writing.

-A

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 10:46 PM, Russ <russvr@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- 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:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/books/review/Hell-t.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&adxn
> > > > nlx=1292169614-ZKdoYHv1c819gECeUde6OA
> > > > >
> > > > > r
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