“My ear for the diction and rhythms of poetry was trained by — in chronological order — Dr. Seuss, Dylan Thomas, Walt Whitman, the guitar solos of Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix, and T.S. Eliot.” Author Denis Johnson has died at age 67, reports The Washington Post. Our own Sonya Chung recommended Johnson’s celebrated short story collection Jesus’ Son to a friend some years back, saying “I know it will knock him out. It does (of course).”
Denis Johnson: 1949-2017
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Haruki Murakami, our favorite advice columnist, has a new piece of short fiction in the New Yorker.
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The Economist digs into the stupid “debate” over Philip Roth’s International Booker win.
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He will be greatly missed. My absolute favorite writer. I wait with anticipation for his new short story collection.
I’m starting to wonder if human lifespans are declining in The West.