Interview on Zuihitsu

[thebowlerhat.livejournal.com]

While working on my COMPS essay yesterday, I found this awesome article. It's from a couple of years ago, but it's the best explanation of the zuihitsu form I've come across, and Kimiko Hahn rocks in it!

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[pylduck.livejournal.com]

Yes, we're talking about The Unbearable Heart. The latter half of the book has quite a bit of explicit sex; I'm worried students will try to get me fired 'cuz I made them read about penises and stuff. Oops.

[sa-am.livejournal.com]

try teaching Timothy Liu's For Dust Thou Art LOL

[pylduck.livejournal.com]

Mayhaps. Or Lawrence Chua's Gold by the Inch? Muhahahaha....

[thebowlerhat.livejournal.com]

Ha ha. A student stripped down to her bra and underwear for one of her poems about truth last fall during the poetry reading. No one got in trouble! :)