Although some, like The Hobbit, were kinda retconned in. And he did write a few things outside of that universe, or at least ones that have no obvious connection to it.
Recently finished a book called The Biggest Elvis. About a trio of Elvis impersonators working near the American base in Olongapo, Phillipines.
Interesting exploration of the impact the West has on the East, and the spiritual impact of imitation and impersonation. Romantic sub-plot was acceptable, even novel at times. Narrative switches between viewpoints, giving a number of different views of the curious situation. Ending was acceptable, but not stellar. 8.5/10. Would recommend to the Heap.
before that i was reading oscar wilde 'the critic as artist' which was okay but it seemed like a good 60% of it was long tedious digressions into greek mythic and renaissance figures, and he could have saved some time by cutting those and also cutting the bit where he completely dismisses offhand the possibility of one person producing worthwhile critical and artistic practice
I have learned that I am woefully unprepared for Kierkegaard and must once again backtrack to Hegel. As I am also trying to understand Marx (as I have been for years now), I really ought to get on mastering Hegel. Anyone have any advice as to how to approach this and where to look?
Gregory Corso, Kerouac, Neal Cassady, Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, Diane Di Prima, John Wieners, Burroughs, Amiri Baraka, Lawrence Ferlinhetti, Joanne Kyger, Lew Welch, Lenore Kandel, Philip Whalen, Bob Kaufman, Michael McClure & Gary Snyder
it's not all poetry, and features biographies of each of the writers written by Anne in addition to explorations of places that were important in the development of the Beat movement
i am reading fatima mernissi 'the harem within' which is also sometimes called 'dreams of trespass' it is a good book (this term im taking a unit on women writers from the islamic world because i wanted to study/read some stuff that is way off my middle class white boy radar)
i am reading sartre's "nausea". so far he highlight is roquentin talking about how much he loves picking used toilet paper up off the ground and tearing it up and how he wants to eat it aswell but his girlfriend wont let him
ok, read pan. think it was a bit indirect and british-gentry for me but it was alright.
i likd how nobody took "mania" seriously
I like Machen's description of the Welsh countryside
The bit with the drawing in the abandoned house is still disturbing to me because I can at once easily imagine being in that position and yet really not want to at the same time. It is a perfect little slice of nightmare.
the only thing i liked by sartre was this essay Why Write? on the way that the reader of a text and an author interact through the medium, everything else has been a boring slog
tho to be fair that essay has strongly shaped how i view art and stuff so i guess i'll give him a pass
roquentin is now describing a dream he had where he was a soldier and spanked some guy until he started bleeding and then put a bunch of flowers in his ass. im intrigued again now.
the only thing i liked by sartre was this essay Why Write? on the way that the reader of a text and an author interact through the medium, everything else has been a boring slog
tho to be fair that essay has strongly shaped how i view art and stuff so i guess i'll give him a pass
the only thing i liked by sartre was this essay Why Write? on the way that the reader of a text and an author interact through the medium, everything else has been a boring slog
tho to be fair that essay has strongly shaped how i view art and stuff so i guess i'll give him a pass
I liked No Exit.
That was a nice play. Generally I think Sartre is less interesting as a writer than as a philosopher
reading 'the bastard of istanbul' by elif shafak, which i initially thought was a good book ruined by a poor translation, but it turns out was originally written in english, so now i am not sure what to think
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The second half of the book wasn't as good as the first, but it was still pretty good. And it had a happy ending, which was a nice surprise
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Interesting exploration of the impact the West has on the East, and the spiritual impact of imitation and impersonation. Romantic sub-plot was acceptable, even novel at times. Narrative switches between viewpoints, giving a number of different views of the curious situation. Ending was acceptable, but not stellar. 8.5/10. Would recommend to the Heap.
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it is rather low on the list of things I need to read though
after Idoru I think I'll tackle the Collected Works of William Blake that I got for christmas
Then I should go re-tackle Godel Escher Bach and House of Leaves
beat poetry is very variable, who's in it?
It's curated by Anne Waldman
It is P. Good.
The bit with the drawing in the abandoned house is still disturbing to me because I can at once easily imagine being in that position and yet really not want to at the same time. It is a perfect little slice of nightmare.
For the record I actually like Genet.
tho to be fair that essay has strongly shaped how i view art and stuff so i guess i'll give him a pass
I liked No Exit.
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I am not one of those people.