>"Tao Lin simply does not know how old he is already and how young he is still going to be.” - Harold Bloom
So the world's foremost literary critic can see talent in Lin, but he's not good enough for the carnival of pseuds formally known as /lit? Hilarious.
>Harold Bloom
>So the world's foremost literary critic can see talent in Lin
That's not how I read that at all kek
that quote to me seems as if he's calling Lin immature
lmao tao lin is too old to be producing the kind of shit he does. it seems aimed at teenagers and really early 20 somethings. he will be remember for his childish bullshit. lel
Yeah, it definitely seems as if he's saying that Tao Lin is grasping toward his youth without realizing that his adolescence has long faded, and that this attempt to hearken back to his youth is slowly degrading the maturity that should come with age.
>the fact that he even said anything about him
tao lin confirmed is canon
is this an inb4 or is this just damage control, I can't even tell anymore
>taking art critics seriously
>at all