Tuesday, July 12, 2022

10 (ok, 12) Writers I Read in College, Then Never Again & Why Not



Anthony Trollope, too many books

 

John Milton, too lovey-dovey with Satan

 

Samuel Pepys, too much gossip about people I haven’t met

 

Alexander Pope, too rhymey

 

William Makepeace Thackeray, too sharp

 

William Wordsworth, too flowery

 

William Faulkner, too many words

 

William Blake, too ambiguous; experienced or innocent…which the F is it?

 

William Carlos Williams, too William-y

 

Matthew Arnold...though I remain eager to publish my undergrad story about a frat party, title inspired by “Dover Beach”: “Where Ignorant Armies Clash by Night”

 

Jonathan Swift…though I continue to nod in pleased recognition at every newspaper op-ed reference to “A Modest Proposal”

 

Thomas Hardy…though I don’t know why not; I loved his books back then! Maybe too far from the literary crowd these days??


NOTE: I'm taking a summer break from writer interviews and am just going to have FUN with this blog for a month or so.