It’s Wednesday, September 14, and I’m thinking about Tuesday, September 19, because I will interview filmmaker and author Anna Biller. Not only is she a friend, but I hold her art in the highest regard, so doing this event where I interview her about her book is something that I take seriously. I have written about how society is structured in different categories. There is the bourgeoisie, a class of people between the Rich and the Poor, usually thought of as running the mechanics of society, producing goods and commerce. The new bourgeoise since the Industrial Revolution has money for leisure and travel. The term Boheimism means people who live an unconventional life with others. It’s a mirror reflection of the Bourgeoise Class; one needs the other to exist. The wrench thrown into this system is the Avant-Garde, which rebels and creates a world separate from the bourgeoise and bohemian existence. I have always felt through Anna’s work that she is aware of these worlds, but I would quickly put her in the Avant-Garde.
Through her work as a filmmaker and now as a novelist with her book Bluebeard’s Castle, she explores different types of genres as a critique and an act of self-expression. To enter Anna Biller’s world, one faces and perhaps confronts various textures of feminism, film, and literature theory, but also a damn good time with her enjoyable art. I’m looking forward to this evening at Stories Books and Cafe.
And I’m still reading Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar, which is an enjoyable but very dense and complex piece of literature. There are at least two methods to read this novel, and my first approach is to read it like a regular book. And I’ll do the “Hopscotch” method for my second reading. I’m unsure if I should do this back-to-back reading or wait a few months to let it settle in. I’m still in Marcel Proustland and haven’t finished all seven volumes of In Search of Lost Time. I never want to leave the house because I have so much to do here, including the daily writing and other projects I can’t discuss due to my odd belief in bad and good luck.