Kundera! Morrison!

 I understand Kundera's star has faded somewhat. Maybe that is for the best, instead of the fame we are paying attention to what he says. I have been spending time away from fiction and digging into 1850 Indiana, and I have spent time listening to Gore Vidal on YouTube. Historical amnesia is on my mind. Do we forget to cover our pains? Is there a glimpse at tyranny through the rewriting of history? Yes, probably a bit of Orwell hiding in there, too. There is a problem with the exceptions to a rule, a beauty to a simple narrative. People will latch onto x because if it is too confusing, perhaps frightening, about the truth being x + m + e + a  times 33. 

 

 

Review of a new audiobook: 

 Namwali Serpell and Kortney Morrow on Toni Morrison’s Paradise - a podcast about a novel of Morrison's I have not heard of but also a reminder that she was from Ohio.

sch 6/9