"Equally then, one might claim that an Oatesian sentence suggests Oates's oeuvre, or at least that, despite their vast differences, one novel suggests all her novels." ~Gavin Cologne-Brookes, Introduction: Humility, Audacity and the Novels of Joyce Carol Oates, Studies in the Novel, v.38:no.4 (winter 2006)
“Well, sometimes I feel like I want my popcorn to have just a little more umami — like when you have the urge to put Parmesan on it, or something to make it a little more complex." ~K. said here.
Comments by logostoni
logostoni commented on the word oatesian
"Equally then, one might claim that an Oatesian sentence suggests Oates's oeuvre, or at least that, despite their vast differences, one novel suggests all her novels." ~Gavin Cologne-Brookes, Introduction: Humility, Audacity and the Novels of Joyce Carol Oates, Studies in the Novel, v.38:no.4 (winter 2006)
April 28, 2007
logostoni commented on the word haricot vert
"Charlotte Gainsbourg at ten in the morning is as long and lean as an haricot vert." ~Daughter of the Revolutionary
April 22, 2007
logostoni commented on the word umami
“Well, sometimes I feel like I want my popcorn to have just a little more umami — like when you have the urge to put Parmesan on it, or something to make it a little more complex." ~K. said here.
April 6, 2007
logostoni commented on the word mastic
"The hot black mastic sucking at their shoes and stretching in thin bands as they stepped."
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy
ISBN 0307265439
page 41
February 19, 2007
logostoni commented on the word tatters
"Tatters of rumour did drift back."
The Untouchable
by John Banville
ISBN 0679451080
page 147
January 27, 2007