Tag Archives: postmodernism

Defenestration a la Pynchon

Posted on 25 January 2010 by

By Geo Ong In V. by Thomas Pynchon, Winsome tries to commit suicide. Pig tries to stop him. ‘And on it goes. Anybody who continues to live in a subculture so demonstrably sick has no right to call himself well. … Continue reading →

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Writers on Writers: Barack Obama and Doris Lessing

Posted on 4 January 2010 by

By Geo Ong I’m quite thankful to have a literary president. Not only is President Obama an author (sans ghostwriter) of two books - both of which were written before (and in the case of Dreams from My Father, long before) his … Continue reading →

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