November 1st, 2009 at 10:25PM

youngmanhattanite:

Freed from both immediate motive and the insecurities of status that led many first-time bloggers to adopt a tone at once combative, hyperbolic, and self-consciously folksy (“just bloggin’”), Crain simply sets out, in stately middle-style prose, to explore and record those efflorescences of cultural life that catch his eye, a life that rapidly comes to include the act of blogging.

Do you remember your pre-combative/hyperbolic/self-consciously folksy days? I don’t.

You’re one of those little fancy lads, aren’t ya?

  1. 6h057 reblogged this from youngmanhattanite and added:
    You’re one of those little fancy lads, aren’t ya?
  2. misterhippity reblogged this from dailyhuff and added:
    Duly noted. I just found it ironic that the writer doing the referencing mocks insecurity-driven writing habits while...
  3. dailyhuff reblogged this from misterhippity and added:
    I think it’s worth noting that Caleb Crain, the blogger being referenced in the n+1 piece, doesn’t seem like the type of...
  4. sarahheartburn reblogged this from misterhippity and added:
    I think the stately middle is what your waistline turns into after 40.
  5. misterhippity reblogged this from youngmanhattanite and added:
    Is the phrase “efflorescences of cultural life” an example of “stately middle-style prose”? If so, God save me from the...
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