Tuesday, October 26, 2004
A gentle madness
The guy who writes as Thomas H. Benton talks about his own private library. Read some of his archives as well. I read the "fat professor" essay when it was published in the Chronicle a couple of months ago, so I recognized his name this time.
Professor Benton, whoever he really is, should write a novel. Wouldn't a writer of his talent do a good job on the classic novel of academe? Straight Man would be a forgotten weekend's reading in the face of it. Wonder Boys... well, Wonder Boys would still be Wonder Boys, but Moo might suffer some embarrassment.
The guy who writes as Thomas H. Benton talks about his own private library. Read some of his archives as well. I read the "fat professor" essay when it was published in the Chronicle a couple of months ago, so I recognized his name this time.
Professor Benton, whoever he really is, should write a novel. Wouldn't a writer of his talent do a good job on the classic novel of academe? Straight Man would be a forgotten weekend's reading in the face of it. Wonder Boys... well, Wonder Boys would still be Wonder Boys, but Moo might suffer some embarrassment.
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