{"id":9918,"date":"2010-06-06T17:26:37","date_gmt":"2010-06-07T00:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/?p=9918"},"modified":"2017-04-16T06:19:50","modified_gmt":"2017-04-16T13:19:50","slug":"mistress-in-distress-r-i-p-david-markson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/2010\/06\/06\/mistress-in-distress-r-i-p-david-markson\/","title":{"rendered":"Mistress in Distress – R.I.P David Markson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Obit from a friend <\/a>(Sarah Weinman)<\/p>\n

One of America’s greatest writers has passed on, and even though I shouldn’t have been surprised – he was 82 years old and not in the greatest of health the last few years<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(She also informed us that David Markson was at DFW’s funeral)<\/p>\n

Obit NYtimes by Bruce Weber <\/a>
\nThe Master \"Davidlastnovel\" <\/p>\n

Nonlinear. Discontinuous. Collage-like. An assemblage.
\n Self-evident enough to scarcely need Writer’s say-so.<\/p>\n

Obstinately cross-referential and of cryptic interconnective syntax.
\n Here perhaps less than self-evident to the less than attentive.<\/p>\n

David Markson (previous birthday post<\/a> – 2004 – next birthday post 2007<\/a>) + Vanishing Point<\/a><\/p>\n

David Markson Reads at the 92nd Street Y <\/a>– introduced by Anne Beattie <\/p>\n

A Terrific interview<\/a> at Conjunctions (Markson’s friendships with other writers).<\/p>\n

Dead Beat<\/a><\/p>\n

Sad news that David Markson has passed away. Posted below is a text derived from one of his early books. About fifty years ago, Markson wrote a pair of hard-boiled detective novels set in Greenwich Village, Epitaph for a Tramp and Epitaph for a Dead Beat. The books read like beat-flavored Spillane, and within the private eye character of Harry Fannin you can see the beginnings of the voice, form, and preoccupations of Markson\u2019s later innovative novels, Readers Block, Vanishing Point, This is Not a Novel, and The Last Novel. \u201cDead Beat\u201d is an excised narrative that examines Markson\u2019s core themes: literature, art, music, philosophy, pop culture, sex, and death.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Another editor friend <\/a><\/p>\n

Markson, a giant of postmodernism– if you’re true to the word– maintained closer friendships than he courted publicity. His life and work are intertwined, and his memory will live on in those he touched as well as in his works of art.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Comment from mefi – Old Tired Sick Alone Broke<\/a><\/p>\n

“Shit. He was one of my favorites. And despite DFW’s praise of him, I like to think of David Markson as the anti-DFW.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Talk about “his melancholy” from another ardent fan<\/a> who tried to see David Markson.<\/p>\n

But he knew everything else\u2014everything worth knowing. And more importantly, he knew how everything worth knowing can be forgotten. And how it is always being forgotten, not only by others, but by oneself.
\nThat tragedy\u2014and how a writer responds to it\u2014forms, for me, the center of his genius.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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    \n    Image from 5cense.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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    A serious fan<\/a> (This is bookmarked for a return visit)<\/p>\n

    Each sentence in the book is a wave. Better yet, a wave packet. Collapsing onto the page to form something bigger than itself. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Peter Maclaclin<\/a><\/p>\n

    Is Writer, thinking he can bring off what he has in mind?
    \nAnd anticipating that he will have any readers?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Ed Rants<\/a><\/p>\n

    Along with John Barth, William Gaddis, and Gilbert Sorrentino, Markson was one of the few writers who proved that experimental writing need not be prescriptive. For Markson, chronicling the consciousness was often tremendous fun: both for him and the reader. And if you were fortuitous enough, it could extend beyond the book. If you lived in New York, Markson could often be located in the Strand\u2019s basement, amicably chattering in good humor with any stranger willing to engage in wanton mischief.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Obit from a friend (Sarah Weinman) One of America’s greatest writers has passed on, and even though I shouldn’t have been surprised – he was 82 years old and not in the greatest of health the last few years (She also informed us that David Markson was at DFW’s funeral) Obit NYtimes by Bruce Weber … <\/p>\n

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