okay, i have days were i'm not too pleased with myself, but today i have to tell you all that i am actually living on the cutting edge and you should all come to me to find out what you should be reading, if you too want to live on the cutting edge.
there have been a few times in the last few months where i've practically broken my arm patting myself on the back for knowing what shit to read first - mostly because The Believer magazine is the cutting edge as far as i'm concerned and often over the past few months i've already read, purchased, or am about to purchase a book that they are talking about, reviewing, etc.
so i always get a little sad when i think i've fallen off the cutting edge. but today, today was a fucking day for the cutting edge and me. mcsweeney's quarterly no. 20 arrived this week (which i'm so excited about it's almost as good as being a kid again at christmas before i realized i didn't believe in much anymore) so i'm thumbing through the COMPLETELY FUCKING BEAUTIFUL production values (and i'm sure beautiful writing as well - just haven't gotten to it yet) and i see in the back they've included an excerpt from Chris Adrian's new book the Children's Hospital which is apparently being published by the brilliant mcsweeney's. so now i have to tell you, my fine readers, to go read my april blog (i think april 1 actually) titled "a better angel". after you do that you will understand why i get to say...
"i am the fucking cutting edge people, the cutting edge!"*
*this of course applys only to books - and really only fiction - as i seem to be woefully undereducated in every other subject matter i encounter :)
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