How much do you think the appearance of an author helps solidify their status as a "good writer?" Tolstoy's appearance, for example, must have helped at least a little bit because he looked like a wise, enlightened man who had been through some shit. DFW was a cutie patootie. Any other examples? In addition, are there any good examples of writers who have the appearance of a dumbass but happen to be good writers?
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John Barth is an exceptionally weird looking motherfucker and he's pretty well-regarded.
>>7821007
I do think that is true for Tolstoy.
It is the other way around. We think of the way he looks as that of an enlightened man because it was Tolstoy who looked like that.
If he had looked like DFW all those years ago and DFW looked like Tolstoy then you would just be saying the same but switched.
Maybe if DFW remains relevant long enough, then his look too will become associated with enlightenment or whatever.
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kek
>>7821020
He looks weird, but he still has that "smart person" look to him because of the glasses and intense stare and all.
William H. Gass looks like a human penis.
>>7821020
Yoo this dude look like he an evil genius's scientist who turns on his master in the end
