The Incomparable Harry Crews-THE KNOCKOUT ARTIST (1988): RGBIB 415

We carry on bathing sudsilly with the latest Penguin reissue of the incomparable novelist, Harry Crews.
Not to mention start setting the stage for what will eventually (after many years) be the celebration of our 5000th subscriber! 5000 people with nothing better to do than hit the "subscribe" button on this useless show? It's hard to believe but it may soon be true!

[@ToddCobler]

Recently finished the Penguin edition of A Childhood - one of those rare books I wish was longer. Just incredible.

[@bluewordsme2]

it is a magnificcent book...the finest memoir i know.....so happy to hear...bb

[@Scottmbradfield]

Pretty powerful book, even wilder happenings than in his novels! s

[@bluewordsme2]

oh.....awesome...im sooo happy.....SMILE: PET SOUNDS with your bathing buddy Bradfield, ...a great title....i am so happy that you are celebrating Crews...arguably the greatest southern american writer post WWII, and he is a personal hero of mine...and A CHILDHOOD, should be read by everyone, definitely every writer and serious reader...for me, the finest american memoir i know....i loved A Feast of Snakes (who doesnt), Gospel Singers, The Body, Scar, the Enthursiast and the Hawk is Dying...genius, all....anyway, so so happy...please do a vid o n A Memoir...as for Cosby, he is a fine, damn fine, North Carolina writer whose genre is 'thriller' but that is deceptive, he is one of the best north carolina writers about the african american experience i know...a fabulous writer, please read--perfect bathroom books especially razorblade tears and blacktop wasteland....anyway, well lastly, i did THE ABSOLUTELY USELESS THING of reviewing ALL your video dates Bradfield, and guess what, you'be been at this for 11, yes 11, years hahahah...and i felt like watching benjamin button as you aged in reverse....anyway, sending all from the north....be safe and happy...here is to 5000 bathtubs buddies to help look for Bradfield's glasses...biggest of hugs to all...bb

[@Scottmbradfield]

Thanks, BBBB! S

[@tectorgorch8698]

Car and Karate is a Thing of the Spirit are just the best. Ever. And A Childhood, of course.

[@Scottmbradfield]

I read the former but the latter is hard to find... s

[@valpergalit]

I went on a Crews binge last year, hitting six or seven of his books in a row. He’s lots of fun, but I think he recycled his own material way too often - if you’ve read one, you’ve read them all. I probably read the sentence “He hustled his balls” 100 times throughout those couple books haha.

[@Scottmbradfield]

Welcome to the bathtub, Valperga! Now let me try to erase that phrase from my head! s

[@larrycarr4562]

Against the 🛁 for 7yrs 🎉Pynchon me Scotty!

[@Scottmbradfield]

Same to you, Larry!

[@marciawolfsonray4032]

Please don't wait seven more years to do another Harry Crews. Try "The Hawk Is Dying" is a good one to try. I Love Crews and have several of his early books inscribed and I treasure them to this day!

[@Scottmbradfield]

I haven't read that one... actually we did another brief but on Crews about ten months ago... stay safe in the bathtub!

[@martinsFILMS13]

People complained about the bird and this time he kept quiet

[@Scottmbradfield]

Yeah I know. Dodo is an annoying bird but she’s not stupid. (Unlike some people.) s

[@larrycarr4562]

Poe toe tweet… just finished Slaughter House 5 ! Every 50 yrs!

[@scoon2117]

Also, you should check out the journal of albion moonlight b kenneth patchen

[@DavidScheltema]

A reader’s reader. 🛀 🐶 🦜

[@scoon2117]

Did you really finish Giles Goat Boy