I still can't tell if y'all love Joyce Carol Oates or hate her - ThreadSky

dryad.technology • 7 days ago

I still can't tell if y'all love Joyce Carol Oates or hate her

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blurry-line.bsky.social•7 days ago

When I hear her name I always think of this exchange from 2021

sixregrets.uhoh-boom.com•7 days ago

i like her when she's good but hate her when she's bad, simple as

rodkin.online•7 days ago

I think no one knows.

eyesack.bsky.social•7 days ago

It feels like she's a mascot for something. For what, I'm not sure

dryad.technology•7 days ago

Oats, one assumes

eyesack.bsky.social•7 days ago

Ah yes like the famous Carol, Joyce to the Oats

zaaack.bsky.social•7 days ago

respect for the craft

simrob.com•7 days ago

this is kind of the perfect response imo

heatherfeather.bsky.social•7 days ago

she hits so hard when she hits and she misses real hard when she misses.

tlpcpa.bsky.social•7 days ago

"Violence is to boxing what noise is to musical composition". Best line ever about the sweet science

blurry-line.bsky.social•7 days ago

as in "it's the raw material of the art"?

tlpcpa.bsky.social•7 days ago

You can always read her book "On Boxing" and decide for yourself if that's what she's saying.

blurry-line.bsky.social•7 days ago

I mean sure, but my to-read list is already miles long and I was trying to make conversation

tlpcpa.bsky.social•7 days ago

Ok. Tbh I thought you were being snarky. So my apologies. She meant that Boxing is an art.
So what else is on you're reading list.

blurry-line.bsky.social•7 days ago

Not snarky at all — I was mainly curious about her take on the relationship between noise and composition, since I'm a composer myself.

Some things I'm looking forward to reading:
• Alfie Kohn & Susan D. Blum, Ungrading
• Anne Carson, Red Doc
• June Martin, Love/Aggression
• Chana Porter, The Seep

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