“Maggie Nelson cuts through our culture's prefabricated structures of thought and feeling with an intelligence whose ferocity is ultimately in the service of love. No piety is safe, no orthodoxy, no easy irony. The scare quotes burn off like fog.” FeelingsCultureEasyCuttingSafeStructureIronyScareFogPietyOrthodoxyThoughts And FeelingsNelsonMaggieFerocity Author:Ben Lerner
“Most of us start from that position of irony now and what I wanted to do - really felt like I had to do if I was going to write another novel - was move towards something like sincerity.” IfsWritingWantedMovingFeltNovelPositionIronySincerity Author:Ben Lerner
“I’ll work my way from irony to sincerity in the sinking city, a would-be Whitman of the vulnerable grid.” WayWould BeCitiesVulnerableMy WayIronySinceritySinkingGrids Book:10:04: A Novel Source: 10:04: A Novel
