RE: JCO: new yorker story

I recall this news story since the land-fill is not far from where I live. After having the story, I can say that I didn't find it sensationalistic at all, but just another example of JCO's accute authorial perception.

 

Kim

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Re: JCO: new yorker story

So what is different about JCO's choice of material from the standard fare you find on L&O every week of the year?  To the best of my knowledge, I have never seen a word of negative comment (Actually, the reverse is true.) about the stories L&O writers "rip from the headlines". 

 

I haven't read the story as yet, but I am certain, given JCO's sensibilities and taste, that it is literary and not sensationalistic.  About the only good that can come from this release is that it will widen Joyce's reading audience.

 

 

 

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JCO: new yorker story

JCO's New Yorker story, "Landfill," is causing some consternation as it apparently took some plot elements from a recent tragedy:

http://www.nj.com/news/gloucester/local/index.ssf?/base/news-4/116020594790170.xml&coll=8

Randy

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