Thank you for leading me to the piece on David Carr in The New York Times. I read The Night of the Gun years ago, but haven't thought much about him since. I didn't know he was so great! Or that he was a mentor to Ta-Nehisi Coates, who is incredible!
Thank you for leading me to the piece on David Carr in The New York Times. I read The Night of the Gun years ago, but haven't thought much about him since. I didn't know he was so great! Or that he was a mentor to Ta-Nehisi Coates, who is incredible!
I love his description of himself as a professor in the NYT piece:
“Your professor is a terrible singer and a decent dancer. He is a movie crier but stone-faced in real life. He never laughs even when he is actually amused. He hates suck-ups, people who treat waitresses and cab drivers poorly and anybody who thinks diversity is just an academic conceit. He is a big sucker for the hard worker and is rarely dazzled by brilliance. He has little patience for people who pretend to ask questions when all they really want to do is make a speech."
Thank you for leading me to the piece on David Carr in The New York Times. I read The Night of the Gun years ago, but haven't thought much about him since. I didn't know he was so great! Or that he was a mentor to Ta-Nehisi Coates, who is incredible!
Another great Carr-ism: “Keep typing until it turns into writing"
KEEP GOING, am-I-right? 😅
I love his description of himself as a professor in the NYT piece:
“Your professor is a terrible singer and a decent dancer. He is a movie crier but stone-faced in real life. He never laughs even when he is actually amused. He hates suck-ups, people who treat waitresses and cab drivers poorly and anybody who thinks diversity is just an academic conceit. He is a big sucker for the hard worker and is rarely dazzled by brilliance. He has little patience for people who pretend to ask questions when all they really want to do is make a speech."
Plus yes, PAPER RULES