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Jun. 21st, 2006 | 12:50 pm
posted by: [info]4_eyez in [info]act_i_vate

I'm working on a new ongoing piece, which I really hope to start posting soon, but since [info]purvision won't get off my ass, here's something to fill the space.

The writer Junot Diaz once said one that of the most frustrating things about teaching college creative writing classes was the girls all wrote about beauty contests and the boys all wrote about Vietnam. (I wonder if now the gals write about "American Idol" and the guys tackle Iraq?) So here's my contribution to the cliché. I did this piece last year but it was published in such an obscure fashion it almost counts as being brand-new. It takes place during my college years (see statement, above), and I hope its pretentiousness doesn't overwhelm whatever positive qualities it otherwise possesses.

What's the Difference?

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Comments {11}

The Woodshed

from: [info]the_woodshed
date: Jun. 21st, 2006 05:24 pm (UTC)

April 16th is my birthday - so naturally, you've won me over for the next 50 installments.

Looking forward to the goods.

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iconotrast

from: [info]iconotrast
date: Jun. 21st, 2006 05:40 pm (UTC)

He's left handed. This MEANS something.
Hope you can post every two weeks or so?
I won't ride your hump.

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benjamin sTone

from: [info]benchilada
date: Jun. 21st, 2006 06:45 pm (UTC)

I, however, cannot promise to not hump his ride.

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Man-Size

from: [info]man_size
date: Jun. 21st, 2006 06:09 pm (UTC)

Beautiful and compelling.

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anad

from: [info]anadart
date: Jun. 21st, 2006 06:34 pm (UTC)

Great stuff. I can't wait to see more.

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Brian M. Brown

from: [info]boxbrown
date: Jun. 21st, 2006 09:07 pm (UTC)

did junot diaz ever do a follow up to drown?

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Four-Eyes: A Vagabond

from: [info]4_eyez
date: Jun. 22nd, 2006 02:58 am (UTC)

far as i know he's still working on his first novel — which was supposed to be released in 1997! if that's not writer's block, i don't know what is

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François

from: [info]neuroticme
date: Jun. 21st, 2006 09:29 pm (UTC)

That's bizarre. Where does your friend teach? I remember attending a short seminar on teaching creative writing classes where most of the attendants were talking about prescriptions in writing, mostly whining about stories that started with an alarm clock ringing and ending with a car crash.

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Four-Eyes: A Vagabond

from: [info]4_eyez
date: Jun. 21st, 2006 11:28 pm (UTC)

well, that could work for a story about a beauty pagent too!

but you're right, i think diaz taught at a state school in long island (which would explan a lot).

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Geoffrey D. Wessel

from: [info]gdwessel
date: Jun. 22nd, 2006 03:58 am (UTC)

Fascinating....

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al_monster

from: [info]al_monster
date: Jun. 22nd, 2006 04:43 pm (UTC)

Gripping. I love "This moment."

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