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Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse Five" was published 4 years before Thomas Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow", yet Pynchon was unable to take the greatness of Vonnegut's classic novel and replicate it. This is probably due to the fact that Thomas Pynchon had almost no writing talent. In this video, poets and filmmakers Alex Sheremet and Joel Parrish dissect the beautiful, terse prose of Kurt Vonnegut and contrast it with the ugly, bloated, stupid prose of Thomas Pynchon.
Clipped from ArtiFact 27: Thomas Pynchon vs. Kurt Vonnegut -- youtu.be/DN2QvbzqgD8
Dan Schneider’s review of Gravity’s Rainbow: cosmoetica.com/B1277-DES888.htm
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Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse Five" was published 4 years before Thomas Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow", yet Pynchon was unable to take the greatness of Vonnegut's classic novel and replicate it. This is probably due to the fact that Thomas Pynchon had almost no writing talent. In this video, poets and filmmakers Alex Sheremet and Joel Parrish dissect the beautiful, terse prose of Kurt Vonnegut and contrast it with the ugly, bloated, stupid prose of Thomas Pynchon.
Clipped from ArtiFact 27: Thomas Pynchon vs. Kurt Vonnegut -- youtu.be/DN2QvbzqgD8
Dan Schneider’s review of Gravity’s Rainbow: cosmoetica.com/B1277-DES888.htm
If you found this video useful, support us on Patreon and get patron-only content: patreon.com/automachination
Learn about and contribute to our first film, "From There To There: Bruce Ario, the Minneapolis Poet": gofundme.com/f/new-film-the-minneapolis-poet-bruce-ario
Subscribe to the ArtiFact podcast on Spotify: spoti.fi/3xw2M4D
Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3wLpqEV
Google Podcasts: bit.ly/3dSQXxJ
Amazon Music: amzn.to/2SVJIxB
Podbean: bit.ly/3yzLuUo
iHeartRadio: https://ihr.fm/3AK942L
Read more from the automachination universe: automachination.com
Read Alex Sheremet’s (archived) essays: alexsheremet.com
Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/automachination
Tags: #books #literature #bookreview #art #theory #kurtvonnegut
