Life in late capitalism can be vexing, alienating, fragmenting, and otherwise frustrating. There are many wonderful things in my life, but I'm more likely to talk about what's bad rather than what's good. I'm going to try to post one good thing here each day, and if you would join in by adding a good thing from your day in the comments, I'd love it--I'd absolutely love it. --RR
12/2: swamplandia
One of my current students heard from one of my former students that I like Karen Russell's novel Swamplandia!, and he mentioned this to me today. (Both of the students in question also like the novel.) I hadn't thought about Swamplandia! in quite awhile, and it was so nice to share my enthusiasm with another fan and to remember how much I really do like it. It's also sweet to have the opportunity to simply be a fellow fan with students, since our various readings of and appreciations for this particular novel weren't connected to our academic interactions.
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