Author
1 July 1949–24 May 2017
No biography is available yet.
59 works
15 editions
14 editions
Recorded as 1985; date may be inaccurate
14 editions
12 editions
8 editions
8 editions
8 editions
8 editions
7 editions
7 editions
7 editions
5 editions
4 editions
4 editions
3 editions
3 editions
2 editions
2 editions
2 editions
2 editions
6 editions
6 editions
6 editions
4 editions
Readers in conversation
Public notes, reviews, lists, and conversations around Denis Johnson.
…wn "To Read" list for a bit, but while I loved @Jesus' son, I couldn't get into @Tree of Smoke, and I've regrettably come to see the Fiction Pulitzer (which Train Dreams also got) as more of a red flag than a green one.
Train Dreams is slight by design, but don't let me get you thinking that means it's insubstantial; its spareness descends far past these descriptors. It's more like a misheard rumour, torn-up half-pages of a years-old newspaper, maybe even just the dust drift…
A reader-curated list
The Comprehensive and Encyclopedic Conor Oberst Reading Guide: books featured in Oberst's lyrics and books he's talked about in interviews. Lyrics and links provided to cite my sources, cover my ass, etc. Lyrics: The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kun…
I don't see how a dog shoots a gun." "Well. he did." "Did he use a rifle?" "It weren't a cannon. It weren't a pistol. It were a rifle." "Well, that's pretty mysterious, Mr. Peterson. How did that happen?' "It was self-defense." Grainier waited. A full minute…
Insomniac read. The lack of trains and dreams was notable. I probably have missed something - it tells an ordinary life. The man built meaning with fragments collected here and there, and with time, meaning goes round in circles, still picking up pieces, and…
