tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post8107110456933775272..comments2023-11-30T02:30:42.825-08:00Comments on E a r t h G o a t: Review: "The Landlord" by Wells TowerGrendelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664099783685963708noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post-89883517951919693152010-09-28T07:24:07.837-07:002010-09-28T07:24:07.837-07:00This was the first story I've read by Wells To...This was the first story I've read by Wells Tower. What impressed me was the attention to detail, and use of humor. Compared to what the New Yorker has been running lately, "The Landlord" stood out.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05471638893026789406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post-17810265243807970632010-09-17T14:14:16.399-07:002010-09-17T14:14:16.399-07:00Great post, G. I actually read the NYer now (I'...Great post, G. I actually read the NYer now (I'm grown up!) and look forward to more, hopefully.<br /><br />Also tangentially, I've only read three or four of Towers's stories. This one wasn't my fave, but he had an odd and fairly wonderful piece in McSweeney's earlier this year. (I read it on their little app thing, Small Chair, which is a pretty fantastic deal. I feel like I'm shilling for Dave Eggers. I just like some of the fiction they publish, though. Including the Towers story.)<br /><br />Backtracking a week, the first paragraph of the previous issue's story (Freudenberger?) was jaw-dropping.dunkeyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18262053391724614155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post-90306396858243500122010-09-16T12:32:54.773-07:002010-09-16T12:32:54.773-07:00Tangentially, I recommend the collection, if you h...Tangentially, I recommend the collection, if you haven't read it already. I received it as a review copy, and it took me a while to remember I'd read him in Harper's (and really liked him). The guy is good.kclouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02673850466730914289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post-65628877235659244332010-09-16T06:54:26.693-07:002010-09-16T06:54:26.693-07:00glad you've started doing these again. i'...glad you've started doing these again. i've let that pile of nyers stack up, so it's nice to have a reason to remind myself that i actually look forward to reading them...Michelle Falkoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14588921921027178995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post-77885197359610264682010-09-16T06:53:03.110-07:002010-09-16T06:53:03.110-07:00I liked it too. I was impressed with how deftly i...I liked it too. I was impressed with how deftly it managed that many characters in so little space. My instinct (or training, maybe) would have me reluctant to attempt so many. You can imagine the workshop, surely, in which the author is urged to cut the female tenant, or focus more on the daughter at the expense of Idaho.cfphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13229011285921460494noreply@blogger.com