My Deal Me In deck turned up hearts this week, so I went to Sue D. Gelber’s website and followed a link to:
Restaurant Reviews by MFA Students
Oh, my dear lord, I love this woman! From just the little lit analysis I did in college, I know the mindset you get into, analyzing everything through the lens of literary composition. And Gelber has famous writers analyzing food through the lens of their own particular styles.
You know one of my mottos: Everything is about writing. In “Restaurant Reviews by MFA Students,” Gelber has taken that stance to a hilariously absurd extreme.
THANK YOU, Jay, for Deal Me In! If not for this short story reading challenge, I would never have discovered Sue D. Gelber, William Trevor, or that I love Chekhov (Anton, not Ensign Pavel; I already knew I loved the latter).
MA
p.s. Bonus points if you know another of my mottoes.
Dan Antion
August 13, 2018 at 7:07amThat was pretty good – love the review of Taco Bell
Marian Allen
August 13, 2018 at 10:02amThe Taco Bell review was my favorite! 😀
Tammy L Breitweiser
August 13, 2018 at 4:59pmThese were amazing! Thank you for the link.
I am now following Electric Lit on Medium too
Alicia Butcher Ehrhardt
August 13, 2018 at 6:42pmThis is the kind of critique which gives literary writing a bad name: pretentious and not appropriate to the subject. Funny, but also a bit sad. It shows off the writer’s mastery; I like the writer to be invisible and to bring me into the subject almost without me noticing. Other people have different requirements for what they read.
joey
August 15, 2018 at 7:28pmOh Em Gee! That was FANTASTIC! Thanks! 😀
Marian Allen
August 16, 2018 at 9:52amThis lady is BRILLIANT!