When Somebody Asks Me What

I Have, I Admit, A Low Tolerance For Detached Chronicling And Cool Analysis.

The Novel Is Always Pop Art, And The Novel Is Always Dying. That's The Only Way It Stays Alive. It Does Really Die. I've Been Thinking About That A Lot.

There Are Things In American Culture That Want To Wipe The Class Distinction. Blue Jeans. Ready-made Clothes. Coca-cola.

I've Had A Tough Time With Pynchon. I Liked Him Very Much When I First Read Him. I Liked Him Less With Each Book. He Got Denser And More Complex In A Way That Didn't Really Pay Off.

Henry Miller Wrote Novels, But He Calls His Protagonist Henry, Often Henry Miller, And His Books Are In This Gray Area Between Memoir And Novel.