tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8325990624211201179.post1735094065847644732..comments2019-11-06T06:01:10.688-05:00Comments on Mourning Goats: #14 Donald Ray Pollockn0velideahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13972906764644056802noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8325990624211201179.post-81836077502192024142012-01-12T12:33:36.404-05:002012-01-12T12:33:36.404-05:00"With the American library system, being igno..."With the American library system, being ignorant or illiterate is inexcusable today, totally a matter of laziness and poor parenting and too much cable TV and "social networking." Texting your pal to tell him/her you're taking the trash out or just left the grocery store is not only insane behavior--at the very least either a sign of egomania or complete helplessness/co-dependency--but is time wasted. Those minutes add up. Do you want to go to your grave knowing that you spent a substantial chunk of your life tweeting"<br /><br />Wow! That should be on a poster in every college and high school. Just shared it with my librarian friends. Of course I shared it on Facebook. #strungoutonsocialmediaPhillip Kophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716834820832199285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8325990624211201179.post-71870735991759770502011-07-22T15:07:14.176-04:002011-07-22T15:07:14.176-04:00"He writes in a way that you don't grasp ..."He writes in a way that you don't grasp until after you're done reading"<br /><br />Could not disagree more vehemently. I was two paragraphs into the first story in "Knockemstiff" and had no problem grasping what I was reading, content- or style-wise. Great stuff.RGHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01324644560755510920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8325990624211201179.post-44581931287060537052011-04-28T11:11:46.237-04:002011-04-28T11:11:46.237-04:00Loved this. Don is so kind and generous, always su...Loved this. Don is so kind and generous, always supporting us struggling writers. Loved Knockemstiff and can't wait to read Devil, it's sitting right here. I know it'll be epic.Richard Thomashttp://www.whatdoesnotkillme.comnoreply@blogger.com