Dear reader, On Wednesday I went to see a screener of Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction, which I enjoyed, but not as much as Percival Everett’s Erasure, the book on which the film is based. I wrote about both, and what they have to do with my experiences publishing
Really appreciated your thoughts! Just saw the movie and loved it, I was definitely surprised by how much the movie focused on family but I really loved that. My only complaint is that the movie seemed to ignore the sister a bit, excited to read the book and get more backstory and context.
I was interested to see what you thought about this movie, and bang, here's a post with your thoughts! Thank you for the pointer to the book. I enjoyed the movie, but thought it was fairly lightweight, with quite a lot of straight-up sitcom content. Those parts made me laugh, but not necessarily think.
I appreciate your writing enormously, loved Babel and Yellowface. Cheers.
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I think I can't read the name of the character, Thelonious Monk Ellison, without resort to my reading of Ralph Ellison's novel, Invisible Man, fifty years ago in a class called Existential Literature and my reading at the turn of the millenium of Ellison's long anticipated and posthumously published second novel, Juneteenth. I haven't read Erasure or seen American Fiction, but I did look up Percival Everett and noticed that he's been publishing a book a year now, mostly novels, for the past fifty years. I found your reviews of the movie, American Fiction, and the novel on which it is based, quite enlightening.
Really appreciated your thoughts! Just saw the movie and loved it, I was definitely surprised by how much the movie focused on family but I really loved that. My only complaint is that the movie seemed to ignore the sister a bit, excited to read the book and get more backstory and context.
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I was interested to see what you thought about this movie, and bang, here's a post with your thoughts! Thank you for the pointer to the book. I enjoyed the movie, but thought it was fairly lightweight, with quite a lot of straight-up sitcom content. Those parts made me laugh, but not necessarily think.
I appreciate your writing enormously, loved Babel and Yellowface. Cheers.
The owners of Substack have decided that they’re OK with monetizing Nazi content. They won’t allow sexual content but they will allow Nazis, so clearly there’s a line one can cross with them, and they’re ok with Nazis. I came here to suggest you might want to find another platform. I’ll be leaving Substack. I hear good things about Ghost and Wordpress, including simple tutorials to migrate your subscribers.
I think I can't read the name of the character, Thelonious Monk Ellison, without resort to my reading of Ralph Ellison's novel, Invisible Man, fifty years ago in a class called Existential Literature and my reading at the turn of the millenium of Ellison's long anticipated and posthumously published second novel, Juneteenth. I haven't read Erasure or seen American Fiction, but I did look up Percival Everett and noticed that he's been publishing a book a year now, mostly novels, for the past fifty years. I found your reviews of the movie, American Fiction, and the novel on which it is based, quite enlightening.
The book is brilliant! And all the buzz (from you, especially!) about the movie has made me really want to see it. Thanks for the wise words.