Azzurri Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 Started this last night. It's pretty grim so far ... it's gets even darker too. the ending may leave you in tears. extremely powerful. McCarthy is just a genius. he will stand among the giants when all is said and done - faulkner, mellville, fitzgerald, hemingway, etc. Link to post Share on other sites
isadorah Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 I keep telling myself I'm going to read all of the HPs again before the new one comes out. Maybe if I started now and did absolutely nothing else for the next two months...? I too have toyed with this idea, but reality set in and there's just not enough time for me...bummer I did just finish reading Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing. Highly recommend it! Now reading: The Constant Gardner by John le Carre Link to post Share on other sites
rwrkb Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 finally getting to this Link to post Share on other sites
Reni Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 finishing today: and next: Link to post Share on other sites
rwrkb Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 is that good? that's one of my favorite eras of writing and art in general Link to post Share on other sites
Reni Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 It's decent - it's a good, quick comprehensive read. Though if you already know a lot about the era, it might not tell you much more than you already know. I was reading When Harlem Was in Vogue but switched over to this one - because I wanted something that put the era in more of a socio/political context - and this one had a little more analysis on that front. I just went and ordered a Charles W. Chesnutt book after reading the chapter on literary foundations. I am fascinated/disgusted by the "plantation tradition" and "lost cause" nostalgia of white writing in the late 19th/early 20th century - and I picked up a book by Chesnutt that takes on that tradition in critical, subtle yet meaningful ways. Who knows when I will have time to read it - but I am going to try and get through some of it, soon. My first MA exam is in 2 weeks - which is why I am plowing through all these books, so quickly. Link to post Share on other sites
rwrkb Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 My first MA exam is in 2 weeks - which is why I am plowing through all these books, so quickly. good luck! i basically wrote a lit. thesis on the harlem renaissance (specifically on how langston hughes' work reflected the dichotomy between the dubois and washington schools of thought), so it doesn't sound like that book would tell me anything new, but i always enjoy that period. i like the idea of using art to cement your place in life, and during that era it was being used to define an entire group. Link to post Share on other sites
Preferred B Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 I keep telling myself I'm going to read all of the HPs again before the new one comes out. Maybe if I started now and did absolutely nothing else for the next two months...? Same here. I got through the first one, but haven't made much headway in the second in the past week or so. It seems like there just aren't enough hours in the day. At some critical juncture I'm just going to need to quit and focus on the last two - my memory of them is kind of hazy at this point. Also, how am I going to not get spoiled for the last Harry Potter book once it comes out? It seems like I'd have to completely avoid the entire internet, watch no TV, and wear earmuffs and blinders when outside to avoid being told how it ends. Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 Same here. I got through the first one, but haven't made much headway in the second in the past week or so. It seems like there just aren't enough hours in the day. At some critical juncture I'm just going to need to quit and focus on the last two - my memory of them is kind of hazy at this point. Also, how am I going to not get spoiled for the last Harry Potter book once it comes out? It seems like I'd have to completely avoid the entire internet, watch no TV, and wear earmuffs and blinders when outside to avoid being told how it ends. Do what I do. Stop functioning as a human being for 24 hours and read it then. Do not put the book down for anything. I find it works pretty well. Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted May 16, 2007 Author Share Posted May 16, 2007 Also, how am I going to not get spoiled for the last Harry Potter book once it comes out? It seems like I'd have to completely avoid the entire internet, watch no TV, and wear earmuffs and blinders when outside to avoid being told how it ends.I think theShua has some pretty good ideas about this in the Letterman thread. Link to post Share on other sites
Preferred B Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 I think theShua has some pretty good ideas about this in the Letterman thread. I was actually kind of pissed about that, too. Not pissed about the thread on here, but I thought I was being so clever with Letterman - not watching the monologue and planning not to watch the Michael Imperioli interview, and then Dave went and slipped in some details when reviewing the night's guests. Foiled!! I may indeed be forced to hibernate and just read the final HP book from start to finish. I've gone this long not being spoiled for any of the books - I can't risk it happening with that, too! Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted May 16, 2007 Author Share Posted May 16, 2007 It does get insane. From about three days before, I won't even be able to click on msn.com for fear of seeing a spoiler in a random headline. Link to post Share on other sites
Reni Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 good luck! i basically wrote a lit. thesis on the harlem renaissance (specifically on how langston hughes' work reflected the dichotomy between the dubois and washington schools of thought), so it doesn't sound like that book would tell me anything new, but i always enjoy that period. i like the idea of using art to cement your place in life, and during that era it was being used to define an entire group. Thanks - it is the first of three, which will be spread out over the course of the next few months - African American History (post-emancipation), Historical Theory and Cuban History. I do love Langston Hughes. Sadly, I will be moving on tomorrow - as posted - Alabama Communists in the 1930's. Link to post Share on other sites
jahilia Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 This looks really interesting - unfortunately, our library doesn't have it Let us know how it is, I may have to order it from Amazon. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/sto...made_me_cry.php Link to post Share on other sites
Reni Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 that is hilarious - and very close to home. I had that Darth Vader poster that is shown there - and I, too, "met" Darth Vader - at a JC Penny's!! I was terrified and cried and mom had to take me home before I even got up to him. I still remember hiding in one of those circular racks of clothes, peering out and seeing him across the room - so large and terrifying. Link to post Share on other sites
nettles Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 'The places in between' by Rory Stewart, It has my highest recomendation It Link to post Share on other sites
awatt Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Time to get ready for teaching again... Material Christianity Link to post Share on other sites
Willkoman Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 I love Chandler. I'm working my way back through his classics. Link to post Share on other sites
Reni Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 This looks really interesting - unfortunately, our library doesn't have it Let us know how it is, I may have to order it from Amazon. This was a decent book. I love the socio/political analysis. However, the details about labor organizing gets a little tiresome and dry. The scholarship is invaluable, though a journal article with a synthesis of the material and analysis would be a much better read. I did search academic journals to see if I could find one - but, I did not. However, Kelly does have a number of interesting articles out there. If African American and/or labor history interests you - you'd enjoy it. and up next..... update* I highly recommend this book Link to post Share on other sites
aricandover Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 sad to hear he won't be doing an audio version, I'd love to hear him tell these stories. Link to post Share on other sites
markosis Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 a good friend of mine just lent me Jack Kerouack's "The Dharma Bums". Its freaking great. Link to post Share on other sites
rwrkb Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Its freaking great. one of my favs Link to post Share on other sites
Dreamin' Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Also, how am I going to not get spoiled for the last Harry Potter book once it comes out? It seems like I'd have to completely avoid the entire internet, watch no TV, and wear earmuffs and blinders when outside to avoid being told how it ends.A woman I used to work with missed the news about 9/11 because she was on a canoe trip in the BC wilderness in Sept 2001. That might do it. Link to post Share on other sites
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