This song turned Buzz Poole into a Dead Head.
What her elegant prose allows to float slowly to the surface with the fluid definition of air bubbles is the fact that because she did not succeed at the Olympic trials she has succeeded in life by learning that life is “complicated, mostly sad, and mostly beautiful.
Buzz Poole reviews Leanne Shapton’s Swimming Studies
“Even if you’ve never given a second thought to quicksand, tried LSD, or watched The Wizard of Oz (Dyer hasn’t), his read of Stalker permits you to square your life with a film that you may or may not know anything about.”
— Fanatic Meets Stalker: Geoff Dyer’s Zona by Buzz Poole
“There isn’t a musician in the world who has performed in public and not given color some consideration, whether in terms of what to wear, DIY photocopied show posters, or slick merch.”
— Buzz Poole, If You Could Hear A Book, This Is How It Would Look
Source: themillions.com
For the most part I establish a loose plan for the year that dips into unread classics, keeps tabs on new releases, and delves deeper into favorite authors.
Buzz Poole’s Year In Reading
