tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post7723820086290749270..comments2024-01-06T05:28:46.111-05:00Comments on Matt Paust's Crime Time : PLAINSONG – Kent HarufMathew Pausthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-18923065434599370602017-03-14T07:03:06.615-04:002017-03-14T07:03:06.615-04:00Heh heh. I probly shouldn't have said much abo...Heh heh. I probly shouldn't have said much about the writing blind thing, Tracy. "Typing blind" would have been better, because his writing is really quite good. And I might have made more of the story lines. I think you'd like <i>Plainsong</i>.Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-87936308242372233442017-03-14T01:24:21.433-04:002017-03-14T01:24:21.433-04:00This is not something I would have tried (I have n...This is not something I would have tried (I have not heard of it until now), but maybe you have convinced me to.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-67045959194503190802017-03-10T17:32:48.809-05:002017-03-10T17:32:48.809-05:00Yvette, I have what my dad would call "a snea...Yvette, I have what my dad would call "a sneaking hunch" that you would love Plainsong, just as I finally did.Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-2296609362857245592017-03-10T17:28:35.846-05:002017-03-10T17:28:35.846-05:00I've been wondering about Lincoln in the Bardo...I've been wondering about Lincoln in the Bardo. Might have to wait until (if) Kitty Boots reads it. Her taste thus far has been impeccable.<br /><br />Thanks for the kind words re: my stuff on Fictionaut,John. You are more than welcome. Feel free to use me as a reference if anyone asks for one. The place is fairly un-administered, but I believe some anonymous type pulls strings behind the scenes now and again. Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-37857104485079187012017-03-10T13:31:53.849-05:002017-03-10T13:31:53.849-05:00Not sure that I'd appreciate this book as much...Not sure that I'd appreciate this book as much as you and your Fictionaut advisor, Mathew. But I might. It is a truism of life that 'one never knows.'Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-15261021763620244272017-03-10T10:52:02.011-05:002017-03-10T10:52:02.011-05:00I attempted to read this book years ago and quickl...I attempted to read this book years ago and quickly lost interest in it. Ah well... my loss it appears. Not sure if I'll try it again. I feel the same way about all the praise being heaped on LINCOLN IN THE BARDO which sounds and looks like arty pretension to me. Meh, I'm a curmudgeon. Just look the other way.<br /><br />But I'm glad I stopped by today. Had I not read this review I might never have discovered the existence of Fictionaut. I might just become it's newest member. Love the idea of that site. Just read a heap of your stories and poems over there. Great stuff! "Executive Sweet" is perfection, BTW.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-47705000054126917132017-03-09T18:10:25.523-05:002017-03-09T18:10:25.523-05:00I wonder about that, Patti. I understand the word ...I wonder about that, Patti. I understand the word "plainsong" originally came from a liturgical practice of chanting in a single unmodulated tone. I imagine that could get old after a while.Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-39157395715385300882017-03-09T16:39:27.975-05:002017-03-09T16:39:27.975-05:00Love this book. His others, not as much. Love this book. His others, not as much. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com