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Who are the great American writers of today who do not hold teaching positions or B.A.s or M.F.A.s in literature? It is very frustrating to read that so and so teaches at this or that university, or has an M.F.A. from this prestigious school. Who are the writers writing to make the rent, making a living solely off the written word? Who are the writers writing about life outside of academia? And why is it that people outside of first-world countries have no idea or even care about what American writers are writing about today yet hold Hemingway and even Bukowski in such high esteem? \u2014Fernando A. Flores<\/em><\/p>\n

I can\u2019t say for certain who holds what degree, or who has held what job\u2014one never knows what skeletons lurk in a writer\u2019s closet\u2014but to answer your second question: with a very few exceptions (Nora Roberts?) people don\u2019t make the rent by writing books. Either you teach, or you write for the movies (or someone else turns your books into movies), or you get a staff job at a magazine. That\u2019s one way to live by the word, and lots of excellent writers do it. They often complain that it gets in the way of writing great books. As for the question of why foreigners like Bukowski, I would guess he translates well. Or easily, at least. Besides, they like us butch. \u2014Lorin Stein<\/strong><\/p>\n

I love to read ghost stories and thrillers in the fall. What\u2019s your favorite frightening book?<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019m with you: scary reads are right up there with apples and changing leaves. That said, everyone enjoys something different; I have an uncle who swears by serious horror, whereas I\u2019m more of what Netflix might term the \u201cpsychological thriller\u201d persuasion\u2014I like the occult just fine, but zombies, vampires, crazed animals, and most serial killers need not apply.<\/p>\n

For the last few weeks, I\u2019ve been giving myself nightmares with a daily dose of M.R. James\u2019s classic ghost stories. You can\u2019t beat Daphne du Maurier for atmospheric spookiness: both Rebecca<\/a><\/em> and Don\u2019t Look Now<\/a><\/em> are terrific reads, period (with adaptations to match). And more recently, I enjoyed Sarah Waters\u2019s The Little Stranger<\/a><\/em> a great deal\u2014a haunted-country-house story with a twist.<\/p>\n

Lastly, if you can get your hands on Charles MacLean\u2019s The Watcher<\/a><\/em>, do it; the third act is sort of ludicrous, but I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever been more genuinely terrified while reading. \u2014Sadie Stein <\/strong><\/p>\n

Is <\/em>Gravity\u2019s Rainbow<\/a> worth the time and effort? I\u2019ve heard that it helps to read <\/em>V.<\/a> first, though <\/em>The Crying of Lot 49<\/a> seems more accessible (not to mention slimmer). I\u2019m guessing that it would take a good three months to read <\/em>Gravity\u2019s Rainbow, plus an additional month for preparatory reading and background texts. This four-month devotion to Pynchon would mean foregoing anywhere from eight to fifteen \u201clighter\u201d works. Given that I have a limited amount of time to read, should I still give it a try?<\/em><\/p>\n

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Sincerely,
Sophia Anzaroot<\/em><\/p>\n

It never hurts to try! You may want to start with The Crying of Lot 49<\/em> (that\u2019s the one that has held up for me). But I wouldn\u2019t bother doing prep work. If you like it, you\u2019ll like it. If you don\u2019t, you\u2019ll turn to one of the other books\u2014and, at the very least, you\u2019ll have read one of the great slapstick set-pieces involving bananas. \u2014L. S<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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