Itt: the most insufferable professional writers you've ever had the misfortune of reading
Picture. Fucking. Related.
Insufferable cutesy nonsense.
>>7327065
Who is this goblin?
>>7327068
Sarah Vowell. She was a media darling for a while, she was on the daily show, bored to death and other shit.
She also did the worst shit possible during the golden era of This American Life then she started writing god-awful historical essays that started selling well to feminists and the tumblr crowd.
I haven't read any of her books, but she's an entertaining interviewee. Pic related.
How is pic related?
>>7327082
and you read her because?
disregard if not opie
>>7327092
She did the VA for that character, which always struck me as odd.
where the fuck is her letterman interview
As a counterpoint to OP, I absolutely expected to Miranda July's debut novel -- cutesy persona, 'multimedia art,' unapologetic 5th wave feminism, the whole gamut.
'The First Bad Man' was really good, though. So I might have misjudged her ability, at least.
But still, that goddamn face -- she is a dead-eyed animal, a plastic Annie Clarke.
>>7327867
*to hate.
>>7327065
....I l-like cute things
>>7327867
Looks like kimbra
>>7327867
I want to have silent hour-long staring contests with Miranda July
>>7327084
i wanted to fuck this when i was younger
still do i guess
>>7327867
Her writing is totally inconsistent: a real mix of honest-to-God talent and sentimental, workshop-tier horseshit. If she refined her work, I bet she could be highly acclaimed.
>>7328211
all her writing is consistently "sentimental", which isn't necessarily bad.
ITT: getting mad about literally nobody
Junot Diaz.
A mixture of try hard cool guy and ghetto speak, truly unreadable
>>7327065
Huh, I didn't know that Tarantino had a sex change
Joseph Campbell
>>7328247
Sometimes the sentimentality is a wonderful component of her stories, yes [Something That Needs Nothing stands out, and The Moves]. In the flimsier works [The Shared Patio, Majesty], you get the sense it's a crutch supporting otherwise uninspired characters and crummy thematic elements.
>>7327084
Ohh! Its THIS girl.
She's awesome. OP is just a dickhead you'd never want to spend any time with.