Usually I fumble over some polite response when the simple truth is that I publish Absinthe for the opportunity to read the awesome writers we feature. We publish great authors who should be translated and read but obviously Absinthe is not everyone's "cup of tea" and that's fine. Go read ... (ok, I'll keep that thought to myself).
So, with the imminent publication of Absinthe #15 (a great issue, I might add) let me suggest 10 indicators that you just might not be that into Absinthe (or vice versa):
1. You order a side of freedom fries with that burger
2. You’ve never read (or written) a manifesto
3. You think Titanic or Avatar is the greatest film ever
4. You think Oulipo is the name of an Oompa Loompa
5. You think Ingmar Bergman starred in Casablanca
6. You think everyone should just learn and speak English, dammit
7. You would never watch a movie that makes you read subtitles and think people who do are snobs
8. You hear mention of Dada and think of your father
9. You can’t name a single magazine or newspaper you read to inform your view of the world
10. You think Glenn Beck is the greatest living author
What would you add to this list?
1 comment:
I don't think the Fox News watching, Freedom fry eating, I don't even know what if anything reading public are even relevant enough to deserve a place on your list.
More important and alarming are all the critics, writers who have lately been engaging in polemics about "the novel" or MFAs or experimental writing, and somehow can't bother to mention a non Anglo-American writer - aside from the occasional token, stand-in mention of Kafka.
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