Book Fawn

- Swann's Way by Proust

Elizabeth Jane Howard and Kingsley Amis

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*Unless, of course, you consider constructing long encomiums to a woman's "sacred several-lipped gateway" or saying things like "It is true, the sight of her plump lips obediently distended around my swollen member, her eyelids lowered demurely, afflicts me with a religious peace" to be the same as loving her.

Dick Cavett's take on the Gore Vidal v. Norman Mailer feud which began on his show.

In the betting line the other day man behind me asked, "are you Henry Chinaski?" "uh huh," I answered. "I like your books," he went on. "thanks," I answered. "who do you like in this race?" he asked. "uh uh," I answered. "I like the 4 horse," he told me. I made my bet and went back to my seat.... the next race I am standing in line and here is this same man standing behind me again. there are at least 50 lines at the windows but he has to find mine again. "I think this race favors the closers," he said to the back of my neck. "the track looks heavy." "listen," I said, not looking around, "it's the kiss of death to talk about horses at the track..." "what kind of rule is that?" he asked. "God doesn't make rules..." I turned around and looked at him: "maybe not, but I do." after the next race I got in line, glanced behind me: he was not there: lost another reader. I lose 2 or 3 each week. fine. let 'em go back to Kafka. 

High Times interview with Charles Bukowski. Outstanding.

Norman Mailer, The Art of Fiction

Jonathan Franzen's Big Book

Henry Roth

One of the best Paris Review interviews I've ever read

Yelp review of Iliad Book Shop