30 Writers Other Writers Loved To Hate

BuzzFeed ^ | July 8, 2014 | Arianna Rebolini

[RJS1950]

More than I ever cared to read. At least 2 in high school, 3 in college. My college professor did her dissertation on Faulkner. All of them forgettable. Flags in the Dust, The Town, Collected Stories were some of them. Mostly plodding, prodigious, regionally oriented prose that would bore a dullard to death. That said, to each his own.

[Little Bill]

That is why you can't find any English prose in this day and age. Reminds me of Joyce in the early ‘70s, all the English Lit majors starting writing in imitation of the master.

They forgot that Joyce spoke five languages and had a view of Irish language and history. All of which was woven into his stories.

[laplata]

O Henry wrote some great short stories.

[DeFault User]

I agree with you on Capote. My first exposure was “In Cold Blood”. Rereading some of the paragraphs I could see what artistry went into the sentence structure and words carefully chosen to create a scene, emotion or action. The man painted a paragraph like a great artist using an easel.

[laplata]

Thanks for clarifying that.

[BunnySlippers]

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[DManA]

something about bells, balls and bulls, and loathed it.” — Vladimir Nabokov

LOL that’s wonderful.

[TheThirdRuffian]

Just talking looks here. She was a babe.

[Chasaway]

I haven’t read the list, yet... but Twain’s take on James Fenimore Cooper is hilarious.

[Borges]

‘Flags in the Dust’ was written before he found his voice. You probably don’t like Joyce or Pynchon either I’m guessing.

[yarddog]

I spent 5 years in Garden City, Kansas and lived within easy walking distance of the grave yard in which the Clutter family was buried.

I used to hunt and shoot on land belonging to KBI and later FBI agent who solved the murders. Just remembered his name, Alvin Dewey. From that land one could see the old Clutter home across the Arkansas River which was usually dry.

[Chickensoup]

One of the funniest essays ever penned.

[EricT.]

For Hemingway to criticize Faulkner for drinking while he wrote is laughable.

I've read plenty of Hemingway's work. There are times that you can tell he is well under the influence while writing.

[hoagy62]

And Stephanie Meyers wasn’t mentioned?

She’s certainly hated...

Oh, wait....they’re talking about writers...and she ain’t one. More like a talentless hack.

[Skooz]

Bump

[ilovesarah2012]

What about Thomas Wolfe? I tried reading You Can’t Go Home Again after I moved to Asheville. It was incredibly boring and I never finished it.

I do love Nelson DeMille, though.

[miss marmelstein]

No, Hemingway was an ambulance driver during WWI - for our side. He was injured and hospitalized. He was a correspondent during the Spanish Civil War & WWII.

[miss marmelstein]

Try Look Homeward Angel, his best book.

[okie01]

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[Daaave]

Truman Capote was a really weird little fellow but he sure could write.

Capote wrote a few Christmas stories. Most people will never read them. They are my favorite stories by Capote.