Comments on: The Bat Segundo Show: Eric Kraft, Part Three http://www.edrants.com/the-bat-segundo-show-eric-kraft-part-three/ a cultural website in ever-shifting standing Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:01:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DrMabuse http://www.edrants.com/the-bat-segundo-show-eric-kraft-part-three/comment-page-1/#comment-251708 DrMabuse Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:17:42 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=10624#comment-251708 Hey Harold: No problem. My due diligence might be plausibly construed as a "sick obsession," particularly when very few journalists bother to read all the books (much less the latest one). I wanted to do right with Eric Kraft. Because I feel that he's an important writer who's been operating outside the radar. I should point out that the roundtable and this three-part podcast involved about a month of on-again, off-again work. Reading all the books, research, organization, production, post-production (and I haven't even ushered out the video part yet). So when it's all put out in a short time, I can see how it might be perceived as "obsessive." Hey Harold: No problem. My due diligence might be plausibly construed as a “sick obsession,” particularly when very few journalists bother to read all the books (much less the latest one). I wanted to do right with Eric Kraft. Because I feel that he’s an important writer who’s been operating outside the radar. I should point out that the roundtable and this three-part podcast involved about a month of on-again, off-again work. Reading all the books, research, organization, production, post-production (and I haven’t even ushered out the video part yet). So when it’s all put out in a short time, I can see how it might be perceived as “obsessive.”

]]> By: harold borges http://www.edrants.com/the-bat-segundo-show-eric-kraft-part-three/comment-page-1/#comment-251707 harold borges Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:35:21 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=10624#comment-251707 don't get me wrong. i admire and love it that he goes so in depth with each one (thinking vollmann here). i guess i should have put some sort of emoticon, or should've been a good writer about it and written what i meant. i'm lazy. sorry, ed. keep up the good work. don’t get me wrong. i admire and love it that he goes so in depth with each one (thinking vollmann here). i guess i should have put some sort of emoticon, or should’ve been a good writer about it and written what i meant. i’m lazy. sorry, ed. keep up the good work.

]]> By: Dan Wickett http://www.edrants.com/the-bat-segundo-show-eric-kraft-part-three/comment-page-1/#comment-251699 Dan Wickett Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:39:05 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=10624#comment-251699 Is it really a sick obsession? Or has Ed simply done due diligence in getting ready for a review/interview? I usually fall on the side that Ed does when preparing for an interview (well, back when I was actually still doing interviews). I don't think simply reading one or two of an author's books, if they've got nearly a full shelf full of titles, cuts it. And especially in the case of an author like Kraft, where the works intertwine so much. Now, if six months from now, no new work from Kraft, Ed is still posting about his work - well then I'd probably agree with obsessed. Is it really a sick obsession? Or has Ed simply done due diligence in getting ready for a review/interview?

I usually fall on the side that Ed does when preparing for an interview (well, back when I was actually still doing interviews). I don’t think simply reading one or two of an author’s books, if they’ve got nearly a full shelf full of titles, cuts it. And especially in the case of an author like Kraft, where the works intertwine so much.

Now, if six months from now, no new work from Kraft, Ed is still posting about his work – well then I’d probably agree with obsessed.

]]> By: harold borges http://www.edrants.com/the-bat-segundo-show-eric-kraft-part-three/comment-page-1/#comment-251681 harold borges Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:15:38 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=10624#comment-251681 you have a sick obsession with kraft. you have a sick obsession with kraft.

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