John Crowley at the 92nd St. Y

[kristajhl]

Mr. Crowley gave a dishy, gritty reading last night from his next novel--very enjoyable.  He read with Marilynne Robinson, who has--rightly IMO-- become a literary superstar since Gilead.  Both readings were equally--although differently--delightful, and I thought the pairing made for a rich night of literature.

One of my favorite moments included

Comments

[kannibal_kat]

The challenge is to have historical fiction convey a sense of the fantastic, and for fantastic fiction to convey a sense of history.

Ooh, I like that description. It sums things up quite nicely.

[kristajhl]

glad you both liked it.
:) wonder how many times he's had to answer questions like that...it seemed like an off-the-cuff response, but probably, it's a practiced answer. still sparkles though. *waves*

[todd_vandy]

John Crowley is a golden god. Oh how I wished I had been within a day's drive of NYC.

::dripping ichor of envy::

And I need to read some Robinson. My amazon wish list has grown mightily. Start with Gilead?

[kristajhl]

Start with Housekeeping.
Gilead is remarkable and rings like a bell.
Housekeeping has a very different timbre to it, but is equally astonishing--and has lots of wonderful angles and shadows to it.
Plus, she wrote it first.

[todd_vandy]

TY for the 'dation!