http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/2009/10/12/the-best-of-wordstock-james-ellroy/ Searching out the sublime, the silly and the surreal in Oregon's capital city. Fri, 16 Mar 2012 22:10:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/2009/10/12/the-best-of-wordstock-james-ellroy/#comment-1047 Emily Grosvenor Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:28:18 +0000 http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/?p=1528#comment-1047 From what I gather it is part of his public persona and he's more of a teddy bear in private. I'm cool with that. You gotta have balls to ask a question in public. In my view, it had better also be a decent question. From what I gather it is part of his public persona and he’s more of a teddy bear in private. I’m cool with that. You gotta have balls to ask a question in public. In my view, it had better also be a decent question.

]]> http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/2009/10/12/the-best-of-wordstock-james-ellroy/#comment-1046 b kinch Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:56:31 +0000 http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/?p=1528#comment-1046 Poorly worded question. But on the other hand, inviting people to ask you "most intimate questions" and then going all Mt. St. Helens on someone asking a personal question is poor form. Poorly worded question. But on the other hand, inviting people to ask you “most intimate questions” and then going all Mt. St. Helens on someone asking a personal question is poor form.

]]> http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/2009/10/12/the-best-of-wordstock-james-ellroy/#comment-1045 amy Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:15:33 +0000 http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/?p=1528#comment-1045 Wow. Just... wow. :-) Indeed... who needs to "rectify" being appreciated across usual dividing lines? Wow. Just… wow. Indeed… who needs to “rectify” being appreciated across usual dividing lines?

]]> http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/2009/10/12/the-best-of-wordstock-james-ellroy/#comment-1044 Emily Grosvenor Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:38:03 +0000 http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/?p=1528#comment-1044 For the record, I think this was a stupid question (yes, they exist). It is never the artist's job to interpret his own work or explain why his audience responds to that work the way they do. That's the audience's job. But oh man. This was the best public reading I've ever been to -- everyone in the audience on edge! For the record, I think this was a stupid question (yes, they exist). It is never the artist’s job to interpret his own work or explain why his audience responds to that work the way they do. That’s the audience’s job. But oh man. This was the best public reading I’ve ever been to — everyone in the audience on edge!

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