Sunday, June 27, 2010

Shirley Jackson: "The Lottery"

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Warning: I will reveal significant plot elements and the ending. One of my favorite short stories is "The Lottery" by Shirley...
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Paul Laurence Dunbar: June 27, 1872--Feb 9, 1906

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This is the poem that gave Maya Angelou the title for her poem and the first part of her autobiography-- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings . ...
Friday, June 25, 2010

Combination Plate 15

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Warning: I will discuss significant plot elements and the endings. Anthony Boucher: The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars, a mystery no...
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Thursday, June 17, 2010

Something to think about

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The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant (Egyptian), c. 1800 B. C.: "Do for one who may do for you, that you may cause him thus to do."...
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

John Cowper Powys: Three Fantasies

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John Cowper Powys Three Fantasies I came across John Cowper Powys' Three Fantasies in a used bookstore. I had heard about him in grad ...
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Monday, June 14, 2010

Edward FitzGerald: March 31, 1809--June 14, 1883

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On this day, I thought it only appropriate to post the last two quatrains from the First Edition of his interpretation of The Rubaiyat of Om...
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Friday, June 11, 2010

The Rubaiyat: Quatrain XXVII

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Quatrain XXVII is the first in what I see as four linked quatrains--Quatrain XXVII through Quatrain XXX. This quatrain provides the setting...
Monday, June 7, 2010

Something to think about

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Shelley's irony is fascinating here and to capture it, one must read this poem twice. First, put yourself in Ozymandias' place and ...
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Friday, June 4, 2010

Fata Morgana: a film by Werner Herzog

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Fata Morgana is my nominee for the strangest film I've viewed this year. It came out in 1971, but I just recently noticed it and decid...
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Thomas Hardy: June 2, 1840--Jan. 11, 1928

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In his prose and poetry, Thomas Hardy often celebrated the heroism of the individual's struggle to survive in an uncaring universe, but ...
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Monday, May 31, 2010

Walt Whitman: May 31, 1819--March 26, 1892

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From "Song Of Myself," Stanza 32: This stanza incorporates the range of responses that I have toward Whitman's poetry: some...
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Friday, May 28, 2010

Something to think about

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Going To The Dogs My granddad, viewing earth's worn cogs, Said things were going to the dogs; His granddad in his house of logs, Said th...
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Thursday, May 27, 2010

Simon J. Ortiz: May 27. 1941--

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"Simon J. Ortiz (born on May 27, 1941 in Albuquerque, New Mexico is a Native American writer of the Acoma Pueblo tribe, and one of the...
Friday, May 21, 2010

Something to think about

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We are all citizens of one world, we are all of one blood. To hate a man because he was born in another country, because he speaks a differ...
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Combination Plate 14

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I will be bringing up significant plot elements and episodes as well as revealing some of the endings. George Eliot, "The Lifted Ve...

Something to think about

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Something to think about: If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at leas...
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Saturday, May 15, 2010

Emily Dickinson: Dec. 10, 1830--May 15, 1886

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It is a tradition among haiku poets to write a death-song, one that offers their last reflection on life here just before they die. Emily ...
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Friday, May 14, 2010

The Rubaiyat: Quatrain XXVI

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As usual, I'm using the first edition as the base for the discussion. First Edition: Quatrain XXVI Oh, come with old Khayyam, and ...
Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Something to think about

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The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true ...
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Sunday, May 9, 2010

Gregory Benford: Sailing Bright Eternity, Galactic Center Book 6

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Warning: I will discuss important plot elements and the resolution of the conflict between the Naturals and the Mechs. Greg Benford's ...
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