tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974012.post769548896297502123..comments2024-01-31T23:35:23.799-05:00Comments on try harder: Cecil and Jordan in New York: Stories by Gabrielle BellCarriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11333774834458788336noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974012.post-89401771972955883392010-06-28T14:04:46.564-04:002010-06-28T14:04:46.564-04:00Thanks for writing.
I agree that the feeling of ...Thanks for writing. <br /><br />I agree that the feeling of her work is not the point, but it is the element that alienates me--and the alienation doesn't bring anything with it.<br /><br />However, when she does a story I like, I love it (if that makes sense).Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11333774834458788336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974012.post-51027989537741252542010-06-28T12:02:07.259-04:002010-06-28T12:02:07.259-04:00I feel compelled to speak up on behalf of "My...I feel compelled to speak up on behalf of "My Affliction," which dazzles me every time I read it. I don't disagree with your appraisal of Bell's characters, but that pervasive melancholy is, I think, not itself the point, but a means to a thematic end. And where it gets this reader, at least, in that particular story is well worth having to make the trip with some Debbie Downers.kenanhttp://www.underthehaystack.net/noreply@blogger.com