A paragraph from the chapter on “Paper” in Jonathan Lethem’s Fear of Music book. One of the arguments advanced in the book is that the nominal song titles on Fear of Music function as an inventory, or as a list of topics for discussion: Mind, Paper, Air, Drugs, Cities, Heaven, Electric Guitar, Animals. There’s a lot you can read into and unpack from those titles, and Lethem relishes in the opportunity. In particular, I think this thread tying “Paper” to “The Book I Read” is pretty astute.
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A paragraph from the chapter on “Paper” in Jonathan Lethem’s Fear of Music book. One of the arguments advanced in the book is that the nominal song titles on Fear of Music function as an inventory, or as a list of topics for discussion: Mind, Paper, Air, Drugs, Cities, Heaven, Electric Guitar, Animals. There’s a lot you can read into and unpack from those titles, and Lethem relishes in the opportunity. In particular, I think this thread tying “Paper” to “The Book I Read” is pretty astute.

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