Great piece. I like this distinction: "Here are serious people living seriously. Not serious in a dry pedantic way. Serious as funny, error-prone, romantic, and striving." Definitely makes me want to read Rush's work. Also, this: "What comes through strongly in all of Rush’s writing is that he knows what it is to profoundly love and respect a romantic partner." is a quality I feel as though doesn't appear enough in fiction these days (maybe?) but would like to see more of.
for sure. the most impressive thing abt his work to me was how men & women deal w/ eachother romantically. the texture & truth of it seemed very different than anything i’ve ever read before
Great piece. I like this distinction: "Here are serious people living seriously. Not serious in a dry pedantic way. Serious as funny, error-prone, romantic, and striving." Definitely makes me want to read Rush's work. Also, this: "What comes through strongly in all of Rush’s writing is that he knows what it is to profoundly love and respect a romantic partner." is a quality I feel as though doesn't appear enough in fiction these days (maybe?) but would like to see more of.
for sure. the most impressive thing abt his work to me was how men & women deal w/ eachother romantically. the texture & truth of it seemed very different than anything i’ve ever read before
Excellent work. I have a copy of Mating lying around here somewhere. I’m excited to pick it up.
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