I have read three stories and believe I have found the one for my paper. The first story I read was "Modern Lovers" by Rick Moody in The American Scholar. I didn't particularly like this story; it started out very interestingly describing a man’s head in completely abstract terms but went severely downhill from there. The second story was "Poe Posthumous; Or, The Light-House" by Joyce Carol Oates from her book of compiled stories Wild Nights! I found this story to be rather enjoyable. I really like the concept and the execution. Fictional Poe documenting the horrid effects of excessive isolation on man, it somehow seems very appropriate. And solely the man who writes of decent into madness poetically and disturbingly documents his own descent to madness and death; it is creepy and interesting to read but not overwhelmingly impressive in the way I would hope my chosen story would strike me.
And it did! the last story I read seems to be the one I am going to write about. “The Dreaming Jaw, The Salivating Ear” by Jonathan Lethem published in Harper’s Magazine is awesome. It is so weird and convoluted. It is a story about a blog, written in the weirdest way that seems to be so perfectly about a blog but also so perfectly about something more. The style itself will be subject enough for a very interesting paper. I really like this story! (237)
About a blog but also about something more? Sounds ever so interesting. I look forward to reading more.
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