I love Judd Apatow's blurb for Kreider's book, "I Wrote This Book Because I Love You":
"Tim Kreider's writing is heartbreaking, brutal and hilarious—usually at the same time. He can do in a few pages what I need several hours of screen time and tens of millions to accomplish. And he does it better. Come to think of it, I'd rather not do a blurb. I am beginning to feel bad about myself." -- Judd Apatow
Hasty, belated emendation: embarrassingly, I hemmed and hawed in this interview trying to think who might be the greatest living writer of English prose and then, just a couple days later, read the announcement that Thomas Pynchon, age 87(!) is publishing a new novel in the fall.
I bought both of Tim's books “We Learn Nothing” & “I Wrote this Book Because I Love You.” and have re-read them three times. I hope they have sold well and deservedly so. I just find them both entertaining and so insightful. Just great.
I agree. I discovered his writing in 2009 when I encountered a wonderful essay he wrote for the New York Times. It was about his near-death experience. It's one of my favorite pieces of writing.
I love Judd Apatow's blurb for Kreider's book, "I Wrote This Book Because I Love You":
"Tim Kreider's writing is heartbreaking, brutal and hilarious—usually at the same time. He can do in a few pages what I need several hours of screen time and tens of millions to accomplish. And he does it better. Come to think of it, I'd rather not do a blurb. I am beginning to feel bad about myself." -- Judd Apatow
Hasty, belated emendation: embarrassingly, I hemmed and hawed in this interview trying to think who might be the greatest living writer of English prose and then, just a couple days later, read the announcement that Thomas Pynchon, age 87(!) is publishing a new novel in the fall.
I truly miss his cartoons but his writing is second to none.
I bought both of Tim's books “We Learn Nothing” & “I Wrote this Book Because I Love You.” and have re-read them three times. I hope they have sold well and deservedly so. I just find them both entertaining and so insightful. Just great.
I agree. I discovered his writing in 2009 when I encountered a wonderful essay he wrote for the New York Times. It was about his near-death experience. It's one of my favorite pieces of writing.
https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/02/reprieve/