http://maruta-us.livejournal.com/ your webpg.
>...In general, I don't read books more than once,
although I've
probably done it with William Vollmann's "Rainbow
Stories"--another
favorite.
Well then to overcome your Cleaveresque valorization of revolutionary violence, I'd pick up Vollman's trilogy on revolutionary and counter-revolutionary violence, "Rising Up and Rising Down : Some Thoughts on Violence, Freedom and Urgent Means. Abridged in one volume as well, though the three volume set is beautifully bound and has tons of photos.
Vollman used to eat before her moved to Sacramento at my fave Vietnamese restaurant in The TL in S.F., "Tu Luan." He has a great scene there in one of his books of a Tenderloin t.v. prostitute attempting to stab a john there. ================================ AS: Wowzers...
(a) I'm at a loss... can you point out where I valorized revolutionary violence? By posting a statement from a march contingent? If that's the case, why don't you call the police and report Bruce Lawrence and Verso for valorizing ObL?
http://www.versobooks.com/books/klm/l-titles/lawrence_ed_messages_osama.shtml
(b) MP, you didn't read far enough; I have a long blog entry on Vollmann, including "Rising Up and Rising Down." (It's seven books, not three, btw.)
http://maruta-us.livejournal.com/991.html
(c) The restaurant is named Tu Lan. I recommend the lemon beef salad.
cheers, aaron
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