Notable American Women is a weird nougat of a book that suggests Coetzee, Kafka, Beckett, Barthelme, O'Brien, Orwell, Paley, Borges-and none of them exactly. Finally you just have to chew it for its own private juice.
There's a lot of phones; but I'm out of that field. They make me feel like a prisoner of war; there's not going to be any texting for me. The pre-pai… - Padgett Powell
There's a lot of phones; but I'm out of that field. They make me feel like a prisoner of war; there's not going to be any texting for me. The pre-pai…
- Padgett Powell
It's hard to say conversation has become a minimal thing, because look at the rise of mobile communications in the last 10 years. It used to be only … - Padgett Powell
It's hard to say conversation has become a minimal thing, because look at the rise of mobile communications in the last 10 years. It used to be only …
I knew I was supposed to be a writer; I had made that declaration in the closet of my soul. - Padgett Powell
I knew I was supposed to be a writer; I had made that declaration in the closet of my soul.
Life is a sandwich of activity between two periods of bed-wetting. - Padgett Powell
Life is a sandwich of activity between two periods of bed-wetting.
I've had an addiction for a long time to the whole business of maximizing one's potential, what I call human activation. The vehicle for actualizing … - Padgett Powell
I've had an addiction for a long time to the whole business of maximizing one's potential, what I call human activation. The vehicle for actualizing …
Writing books is a nice retreat. There's nothing quite like diving into a book for a few hours. That is a big time vacation. - Padgett Powell
Writing books is a nice retreat. There's nothing quite like diving into a book for a few hours. That is a big time vacation.
Is a gesture of charity genuine or is it a kind of deep moral tax write-off? - Padgett Powell
Is a gesture of charity genuine or is it a kind of deep moral tax write-off?
Even if you're the worst writer in the world, at least you'll have the evidence. - Padgett Powell
Even if you're the worst writer in the world, at least you'll have the evidence.
Notable American Women is a weird nougat of a book that suggests Coetzee, Kafka, Beckett, Barthelme, O'Brien, Orwell, Paley, Borges-and none of them … - Padgett Powell
Notable American Women is a weird nougat of a book that suggests Coetzee, Kafka, Beckett, Barthelme, O'Brien, Orwell, Paley, Borges-and none of them …
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