"Poetry is Eucharistic. You take somebody else's suffering, their passion, into your body, and you are changed by it, you are transformed by it, you are made more tender, or more human, or you're more alive to your fellow human beings." What does it say about me (by extension, all Catholics), that it takes a metaphor about poetry to give an effective, vibrant witness to the Eucharist?
What a great interviewer, such pertinent questions and so perfectly and seamlessly tied into the conversation. A true master indeed. Just love love love Mar Karr! 🤗🤗
Mary Karr is an enchanting writer -- the interview reflects her small but persistent depseration to highlight her fascination with religion and the good life she is suipposedly enjoying in her present fascinaton with what she calls her image of a 'bolt-throwing-cigar-smoking god.'
Yeah, David wrote that in Infinite Jest. He could’ve gotten it from Karr, since they had a toxic relationship, and David (only part jokingly) said that IJ was basically a means to getting her (back) by impressing her. Madame Psychosis in IJ is based on her. But she (proof) read IJ and it’s such a good phrase that sticks. If she got it from David she probably used it enough times in thought and conversation that it’s engrained more than it being just a quote from Dave.
I came here because i found a notebook that has been written in by someone named Brian Kronberg if anyone knows anything about this person or this name please tell me
She talks like a normal person in this interview. In Lit she writes with the voice of a gold prospector.
"Poetry is Eucharistic. You take somebody else's suffering, their passion, into your body, and you are changed by it, you are transformed by it, you are made more tender, or more human, or you're more alive to your fellow human beings." What does it say about me (by extension, all Catholics), that it takes a metaphor about poetry to give an effective, vibrant witness to the Eucharist?
"What's hard to write about is being hopeful." Hoo boy, you said it Mary!
Fabulous interview. Mary Karr is authentic, wise, and incredibly funny.
What a great interview!
What a great interviewer, such pertinent questions and so perfectly and seamlessly tied into the conversation. A true master indeed. Just love love love Mar Karr! 🤗🤗
I love this woman.
what a wonderfully transparent person
Mary Karr is an enchanting writer -- the interview reflects her small but persistent depseration to highlight her fascination with religion and the good life she is suipposedly enjoying in her present fascinaton with what she calls her image of a 'bolt-throwing-cigar-smoking god.'
So fabulous..... who could not love her?
She quotes David Wallace at 47:08... "anything I ever let go of had claw marks on it"
And doesn’t even credit him, just lets it slide as if it’s hers. A real trustworthy source!
Yeah, David wrote that in Infinite Jest. He could’ve gotten it from Karr, since they had a toxic relationship, and David (only part jokingly) said that IJ was basically a means to getting her (back) by impressing her. Madame Psychosis in IJ is based on her. But she (proof) read IJ and it’s such a good phrase that sticks. If she got it from David she probably used it enough times in thought and conversation that it’s engrained more than it being just a quote from Dave.
Her humor is the best :-)
I think Mary Karr is funny and a great memoirist! She is tough as nails too.
Ayesha Karim, I love listening to her wit and wouldn’t want to cross her.
I came here because i found a notebook that has been written in by someone named Brian Kronberg if anyone knows anything about this person or this name please tell me
Wonderful.
Interviewer looks like an older Benedict Cumberbatch.
she is so fucking funny oh my god
I've never wanted to be someone before.
Lol, read her memoirs and then get back to me on that one.
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