Comments on: Let’s Talk About Marisha Pessl

By: David Thayer

David Thayer — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 19:30:45 +0000

It’s a great word.

By: Sara

Sara — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 20:55:17 +0000

David, I think frippery is like finery or a flourish or a fillup, but I’m not sure. Like a nontypographical serif, maybe.

By: Edward Champion’s Return of the Reluctant » More Tidbits

Edward Champion’s Return of the Reluctant » More Tidbits — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 19:45:34 +0000

[...] Okay, Pessl haters. It appears that the NYTBR wasn’t the only one to put Special Topics in Calamity Physics on their Top 10 list. Really, this Pessl thing must be talked about! Is she still 27? What is she doing this precise second? Forget the mammoth SIZE of the book. Let us gaze upon navels and pride ourselves on being the baddest literary motherfuckers on the planet! [...]

By: david i

david i — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:18:06 +0000

Jump out like salmon swimming upstream?

I try and ensure that my own lines flounder along the bottom, like 90-pound halibut.