It’s almost a shame that Mary Gaitskill is best known for writing
the story on which the Maggie Gyllenhaal movie Secretary is
based. Though much of her work has elements of BDSM—Gaitskill’s
fiction has done more to normalize BDSM than activist
groups—she’s not a gimmick author. She’s adventurous, witty, and
fearless, no matter what you’re into. Her 2005 novel Veronica,
about AIDS and the death of ’70s glam, is a masterpiece, and
Two Girls, Fat and Thin is a hilarious satire of nut-ball
“philosopher” Ayn Rand. (Seattle Public Library, University Branch,
5009 Roosevelt Way NE, 684-4063. 6:30 pm, free.)
Mary Gaitskill
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i love her. i wish she would do more readings on the east coast. “don’t cry” is a great collection.
Again with the quotation marks? Please define what you mean by “philosophy”. For someone so in love with reading you have a pretty anti-intellectual attitude.
It is sufficient to disagree with Rand. You don’t have to be ridiculous about it. Why not deny that her ideas are even ideas?