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Tao thread?

>> No.3340314
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I like the one with that bear like

>> No.3340316

Yes. I'm reading Bed at the moment, and have been reading bits of it sparingly for a long time. It's the only prose work of him that I haven't fully read and I'm afraid to be Linless during the long wait for Taipei.

Also, I would be very grateful if any anons could share his works of poetry.

>> No.3340321

Yes

>> No.3340325

What are you doing out of bed, Tao?

>> No.3340328

I admire his commitment to the New Autism personal brand and aesthetic but I think he is severely hindering his growth as an author because of it.

>> No.3340339

I saw Tao Lin at an American Apparel in LA yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.

He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?”

I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him and his estranged hipster wife trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen pairs of relaxed chinos in their hands without paying.

The guy at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first they kept pretending to be tired and not hear him, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.

When he took one of the pairs and started scanning it multiple times, Tao stopped him and told him to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After he scanned each pair and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting him by yawning real loudly.

>> No.3340365

>>3340339

...nah

>> No.3340395

>>3340339
I saw Tao in an LA restaurant a few weeks ago. I asked him about his new book, and he said "herro, u warra rice wiw a satay chicki?" I told him yes. Yes, I would like rice with my satay chicken. Turns out it wasn't him after all.

>> No.3340404

Guys, I'm crying right now

>> No.3340408

http://youtu.be/d2BJSV8Q1Yw?t=5m59s

>> No.3340426

>>3340339
>tfw you bump into FlyLo, Lil B, Jeff Mangum and Tao Lin on the same day and they all disrespect you and everyone around them

I've only read Shoplifting from American Apparel but I don't really understand what is his "essay style" and whatever is the other kind where he sort of runs on a lot and talks about emotions

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>>3340395

>> No.3340453

I saw Tao Lin snorting cocaine off the big part of my penis in a hostel in Düsseldorf. I asked him to explain what "concrete literal style" even means and he said, in a neutral voice, "I don't know. I just say whatever comes to my mind on those things."
"Oh, okay," I said. "How's about a little suckeroo."

Reader, he complied.

>> No.3340474

http://www.bookforum.com/inprint/017_03/6361

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>> No.3340509
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Listen guys I know Tao Lin is the perfect target for trolling, but I've known him since he was 5 and can assure you that while Tao is far too proud to ever admit it, he was not born autistic but rather became so through heavy metal (specifically mercury) poisoning.

Out of economic hardship his family was forced to consume whale for months on end, and while most adults can consume a decent amount of mercury and walk away unscathed you can hardly expect a 5 year old's body to be able to deal with such a mercury-rich diet as whale.

He often talks about this experience publicly, and people laugh- to his horror- not realizing that rather than a joke it is an expression of childhood trauma.

You kill him with your laughter.

>> No.3340512

>>3340474
this guy sounds like a massive cock

>> No.3340517

What is going on in this thread, seriously?

>> No.3340521

>>3340509
Whale I'll be damned.

>> No.3340518

>>3340512
This. It wasn't a review of Richard Yates at all. It was a bitchy tangent that gave very little criticism or thought to his writing.

>> No.3340520

does anyone have digital editions of his stuff? i wanna see how bad it really is

>> No.3340535

Is Tao a good storyteller anyway or is he just a fashion statement?

>> No.3340536

>>3340520
agreeing with this guy, anyone got epubs?

>> No.3340538

>>3340520
Best to request what you want. A lot of e-books of Lins work float around out of spite.

>> No.3340540

>>3340538
personally id like shoplifting
but ill take anything

>> No.3340542

http://www.mediafire.com/?9f3f1ash9fgd5r0

Start with EEEE and work your way through the rest of his work. Richard Yates is his best though.

>> No.3340543

>>3340542
>essential jackie chan
oh god my shit is lost

>> No.3340548

>>3340520
>i wanna see how bad it really is
Do you really think going in with that attitude is going to result in you thinking anything other than "this is really bad"?
You'll be looking for flaws, constructing reasons not to like it, rather than just reading the damn book. You can find a reason not to like any book if you look hard enough.

>> No.3340551

>>3340548
This. Don't read any of his work like it is the worst thing ever just read his work like it .

>> No.3340553

>>3340548
woah woah woah

I intend on looking at it neutrally, hell I'm actually kind of excited because he seems interesting, just thought I'd agree with everyone that it was bad so that I didn't start a storm with "go to bed tao"

thats all

>> No.3340557

>>3340553
go to bed tao

>> No.3340600

After reading that interview he did on VICE, I almost felt bad about taking money out of his pockets by pirating his books until I remembered that he's a soulless gook and empathy is wasted on him.

>> No.3340623

I enjoyed the works I pirated very much. I'm going to buy Taipei because of it.

>> No.3340628

>>3340426
>jeff mangum
>disrespecting anyone

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>>3340623
You can always pre-oreder it.

>> No.3340631

>>3340600
For people who can't be bothered with yet another spergy interview, can you say why it made you feel bad about pirating his books?

>> No.3340633

>>3340623
Yeah, me t- wait a minute

Go to bed, Tao

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What the hell is this? Cultural awareness day?

>> No.3340646

>>3340637

/lit/ is an old wooden ship. You know that now.

>> No.3340672

so is mr.lin actually aspy as fuck or what