Snuff

before reading I'm presuming that this will be enough of a departure from Against the Day that it will help me remember how to read regular books. (Also noted: the print is really big. Odd.) after reading Ok I'm really sorry to say this, but this book blew. I suppose that given the subject matter, that......more

(Today's review is much longer than Goodreads' word-count limit; find the entire essay at the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography [cclapcenter.com]. I am the original author of this essay, as well as the owner of CCLaP; it is not being reprinted here illegally.) As I'm sure a certain amount......more

I absolutely enjoyed this book. I just came off of reading "Rant" with my Composition 2 students, and I had one student object (quietly, coming to me during office hours to do so) to reading it because it goes against everything she believes in (which is following the word of God and ridding the wor......more

What do we really know about the people who have sex on film? Do we really want to know anything about them? Or are they just 'there' to perform for us - there for us to 'loop' back to the particular act and actor that fufills our desire - then forgotten till the need arises in us again to become in......more

Feci derecede sakıncalı bir kitap! Chuck Palahniuk gibi edepsizler, terbiyesizler olmasa aslında hayatımız sütten çıkmış ak kaşık ya da “kaşağı” kıvamında olabilir. Çünkü Kaşağı gibi, Eylül gibi kitaplar anlatıyor aslında yaşadıklarımızı. Bizim kültürümüzde ne porno vardır ne de fetiş. Ağzımızdan kü......more