tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post6298552410494372477..comments2024-03-22T19:13:05.266-04:00Comments on The Dusty Bookcase: Leonard Cohen Erotica… and John Glassco PornBrian Busbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-13501722587562267492014-07-27T21:22:07.747-04:002014-07-27T21:22:07.747-04:00Well, they are related, I suppose. But, really, it...Well, they are related, I suppose. But, really, it would be like shelving <i>St Urbain's Horseman</i> next to <i>Sugar-Puss on Dorchester Street</i>.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-5641478659749609232014-07-27T21:16:12.109-04:002014-07-27T21:16:12.109-04:00Thank you for this, Anna. Absolutely fascinating. ...Thank you for this, Anna. Absolutely fascinating. I wonder whether Glassco's low profile might have had something to do with it all. He never gave readings and exercised discretion in his dalliances. The closest I think Glassco ever got to becoming CanLit's "dirty old man" (the title has to go to someone) was a 1976 <i>Canadian</i> article titled "The Elegant Pornographer". Either way, the monicker never stuck.<br /><br />I should add that he always preferred the word "pornography" over "erotica", believing the latter to be a bit of a cop out. It was all about degrees, you understand. I side with Layton on this one.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-46191360501513242112014-07-27T11:10:05.236-04:002014-07-27T11:10:05.236-04:00"Barbers and Lovers" would fit in perfec..."Barbers and Lovers" would fit in perfectly on my shelf, right next to "The Happy Hairdresser"Knuckles Girlyskirthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18113945990776276595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-14646072751614398072014-07-26T12:26:57.238-04:002014-07-26T12:26:57.238-04:00Irving told me of reading through John Glassco'...Irving told me of reading through John Glassco's things while visiting him (and strongly encouraging him to publish what became Memoirs of Montparnasse), and being taken aback at the porn. He was not a little annoyed at how HE is the one who stuck with "dirty old man" next to his name, when others such as Glassco were the real pornsters. PS: Irving could neither remember nor tell a dirty joke. He hated porn and smut, always drawing a distinction between erotica and porn. Annahttp://www.annapottier.comnoreply@blogger.com