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Published · transcript-backedLarissa MacFarquhar: belief
16 Jan 2019 Conversations with Tyler Larissa MacFarquhar on Getting Inside Someone's Head
“You know, I do too. But I think there is something about taste today that prefers a clearer, more limpid kind of prose.”
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- Larissa MacFarquhar
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- belief
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- 16 Jan 2019
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- Conversations with Tyler
Transcript context
…I only like the earlier Kenneth Tynan. You know, I do too. But I think there is something about taste today that prefers a clearer, more limpid kind of prose. While I understand that sometimes overwriting can be annoying, sometimes it’s just lazy. You read early Kenneth Tynan, and you realize people aren’t trying hard enough. You can’t just say “cup.” You have to come up with . . . I’m not even going to try to imitate him, but suffice to say people should read him more. The Quentin Tarantino movie Reservoir Dogs — overrated or underrated?…
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