Fathers and Crows: The Pathetic Post-Readem

Posted on August 22, 2005 - Filed Under

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I read this, my first Vollmann book, as part of my participation in Ed’s Reading Vollmann campaign. At over 800 pages, it was no quickie. Perhaps I should have started with another? I read it in lurches, as is not uncommons for me - rarely do I read one book at a time. I liked [...]

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Are You Experienced?

Posted on June 29, 2005 - Filed Under

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As I wait for specific citations of Vollmann’s ‘bad writing’… I’ll throw in my two-cents worth in response to this discussion at Scott’s …
There are four commonly accepted types of experience:physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. Given your own predilections, you may assign more weight or validity to one type over another. It seems to me [...]

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Views on Indigenous People

Posted on June 24, 2005 - Filed Under

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Pardon the radio silence on the WTV front - I’d been working on a now-scrapped-in-its-current form post covering Experience, Memory, Authority and Dogma with Fathers and Crows & WTV in mind. Unfortunately, it spiraled into an incoherent mess. Perhaps I will post serialized thoughts regarding these topics. But I offer you these in the meantime…Commentary [...]

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Fathers And Crows: pp. 1-106

Posted on May 25, 2005 - Filed Under

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Some of my reactions, thoughts & reactions upon reading pages 1-106 of William T. Vollmann’s Fathers and Crows - because I’m either too lazy/forgetful to document them all.

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Here Goes Nothing

Posted on May 17, 2005 - Filed Under

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For whatever reason*, Ed has decided to invite me to join his on-line William T. Vollmann (hereafter WTV) "In The Flesh" reading group - I’ll call this affair "Voll-Tron". I wonder if this isn’t how David Letterman’s mom felt covering the Winter Olympics. I’m happy to included; not sure why; but will give it my [...]

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