Blog Commenters (of Tucson) Angry (at Rick Moody)

There’s this weird introduction to an essay that turns out to be the entire essay (I’m guessing this is a front-of-book Newsweek piece that’s put on the Daily Beast?) by Rick Moody about Tucson. The commenters have gone, predictably, quite wild. But I’m still so stuck on how it’s five paragraphs and then you think “oh that’s such an interesting introduction, now you’re going to shatter all these ideas with something explicit and specific” and then there’s just… SHARE THIS ON FACEBOOK and comments from angry Tusconians. Oh you’ll never win when writing about someone’s town. And the short-form essay is a real tricky beast; this isn’t exactly Joy Williams on Key West. Hey, speaking of Tucson, who else is ready for a really great new Calexico or Giant Sand album? Howie Gelb, what are you up to?