Modern Love And Modern Yawn
First with the Modern Yawn: Papers are in trouble these days, and yet, my hometown paper, the LA Times, publishes this "L.A. Affairs" piece, a dull travelogue through unremarkable dates with unremarkable men that is remarkable only in how it really has no ending.
What's especially remarkable is how, in a town filled with writers -- many of them truly talented -- the LA Times repeatedly publishes such dullness in this "L.A. Affairs" space. (On a side note, "manifest" as a verb, a popular form of woowoo-speak used by the author, should be some sort of word crime.)
Contrast the above with this week's column in the same genre in The New York Times, "Modern Love." This week's, "My Father's Last Romance," happens to be by a friend of mine, Bob Morris. (But that has nothing to do with why I think it's good -- and I suspect you'll see that with some ease.)
Bob's recently published (and moving) memoir: "Bobby Wonderful: An Imperfect Son Buries His Parents."
Amy, Bob's article was great! Truthful, sad, hopeful, and very real. Glad his dad experienced love.
Bob in Texas at September 6, 2015 4:29 AM
If papers cared to publish something people want they wouldn't be in trouble.
Case in point the Houston Chronicle. I had a yahoo try and sell me a subscription yesterday. He went on and on about all the coupons I would get. I already get enough of that garbage for free in my mail box. Why would I pay?
Ben at September 6, 2015 5:52 AM
Thanks, Bob -- truly agree. His book is great, too.
Amy Alkon at September 6, 2015 6:23 AM
My God, what drivel. She sounds like a (boring) college kid. I don't understand what manifest even means as used here btw.
Another Amy at September 7, 2015 9:53 AM
Amy, You take no prisoners and cut no slack. I am honored to be on your good side as a friend and writer. Keep up the due diligence and vigilance. Thank you, Bob Morris
Bob Morris at September 7, 2015 9:52 PM
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