Ich Bin Ein Oberliner is on the rise, baby! The Oberlin Review just published an article about me and my blog, "Opinionated Obie with a Blog to Match", by Laurel Fuson. I'll link to it and my--obviously--handsome picture, as soon as it's online. In the meantime, let me hit you with some quotes.
"For West [that's me], the creation of his blog is a hobby, and for his readers, making their way through his often self-deprecating and caustic prose can become as natural as tuning in to the latest episode of Lost--and hopefully with a more substantial result. "
If that's not a positive review, I don't know what is. Here's some more:
"'I'm in constant need of outside validation,' said West, when asked why he started the blog."
Ha! That guy's funny! Let's read on.
"I can tell you what I don't want Oberliner to be: a place where I detail and bitch about the minutiae of my life," said West. "My guess is that 90 percent of the internet is porn and the vast majority of the rest is lonely people writing..."
Please, do ignore the missing comma, but do revel in my caustic words. I should say that in the interview I went on to make fun of Sylvia Plath, so it's probably a good thing they didn't put that in.
Also, someone just recommended Don Dellilo's [sic] White Noise. Any good?
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