The Republic of Bad Taste Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Kissing the Mask: Beauty, Understatement and Femininity in Japanese Noh Theater
William T. VollmannThe Republic of Bad TasteToday’s arrivals I believe KISSING THE MASK is the last mainstream WTV I needed. And I’m very excited to read THE SHARDS; seems like a sibling to LUNAR PARK, my favorite BEE novel. https://t.co/HTNsuEAEO3
Paperback, 2020
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Thomas the Obscure
Maurice BlanchotThe Republic of Bad Taste“Persevering indecently in this contemplation, one could only sink deeper and deeper into a feeling of loneliness where, however far one wished to go, one would only lose oneself and continue to lose oneself.” — Maurice Blanchot, Thomas the Obscure (trans. Robert Lamberton)
Paperback, 1995
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Witz
Joshua CohenThe Republic of Bad TasteIf only Joshua Cohen were on Twitter so I could tell him, for some reason, I momentarily thought the band Wire (of ‘Pink Flag’ fame) was called Witz.
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Lunar Park
Bret Easton EllisThe Republic of Bad TasteToday’s arrivals I believe KISSING THE MASK is the last mainstream WTV I needed. And I’m very excited to read THE SHARDS; seems like a sibling to LUNAR PARK, my favorite BEE novel. https://t.co/HTNsuEAEO3
Paperback, 2006
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The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial
Maggie NelsonThe Republic of Bad Taste@anthgarrett I think this is really dependent on context; in a particular type of genre or mode, this can sound rather chilling (the red of Maggie Nelson’s The Red Parts); a unsettling simplicity based on location, like Boláno’s Amulet (“This is going to be a horror story.”)
Paperback, 2016
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The Atlas
William T. VollmannThe Republic of Bad Taste@AparnaHKhare47 This is from THE ATLAS by William T. Vollmann — a collection of short (creative non-)fiction from the late 90s. It’s considered by some to be his most accessible, and best, work.
Paperback, 1997
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Antwerp
Roberto BolañoThe Republic of Bad Taste5. ANTWERP by Roberto Bolaño, translated by Natasha Wimmer https://t.co/KyyW3GSD2I
Paperback, 2024
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The Interim
Wolfgang HilbigThe Republic of Bad TasteAs 2022 closes, I wanted to thank @StatORec again for inviting me to review Wolfgang Hilbig’s THE INTERIM (trans. Isabel Fargo Cole) from @TwoLinesPress. I’m immensely proud of my writing here and was thrilled to have discovered a new favorite author: https://t.co/pa4iS6vHA8
Paperback, 2022
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Lectures on the Philosophy of World History
Georg Wilhelm Friedri HegelThe Republic of Bad TasteIm beginning to suspect that Lukács’s The Historical Novel and Hegel’s Lectures on the Philosophy of World History might be useful for approaching SEVEN DREAMS https://t.co/KXz1Lx7qQh
Paperback, 2002
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The Royal Family
William T. VollmannThe Republic of Bad TasteTHE ROYAL FAMILY by William T. Vollmann (2000) https://t.co/hjCYm5rFiU
Paperback, 2001
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