Litterater Thread

[jpx7]

Your mention of WCW reminded of one of my all-time favorite poems:

Spring and All is amazing—but I see your Red Wheelbarrow and raise you This Is Just To Say:

I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox

and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast

Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold

 

[Dalyn]

Should probably go in the movie thread, but I saw the James Franco reference and wanted to tell everybody that Franco's film adaptation of William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying is now available on Netflix. I'm a huge Faulkner fan and his work has never translated that well to the big screen, but this is an exception. Eerie and dreamlike, Franco does a marvelous job with the work. Franco is now working on putting The Sound and the Fury on the big screen.

I really like Franco, but understand that he may have reached the saturation point. But in his defense, I guess all the scorn is the price for actually showing your intellectual curiosity in public instead of just devoting your life to becoming a standard celebrity boor.

He did a fantastic job with As I Lay Dying. Really enjoyed it.

 

[AerchAngel]

Dr. Sleep?

Better than "The Shining"? It seems to be like a version lite similar to The Stand.

 

[Dalyn]

Dr. Sleep?

Better than "The Shining"? It seems to be like a version lite similar to The Stand.

I really enjoyed it. It was--smartly--different enough from The Shining where it doesn't have to compare; it stands on its own.

 

[Dalyn]

Also, AA, did you finally get around to reading Ready Player One?

 

[AerchAngel]

Also, AA, did you finally get around to reading Ready Player One?

Nope, on a hiatus from reading, kids and their activities. I did not know kindergarteners can read this well. She read a few Disney books last night. I don't know if the wife posts stuff on Facebook on my behalf but then you know see what I am immersed in.

The library had it, but when I went to check it out again it was gone. I probably just get the ebook/Kindle/Nook version and read it at my leisure.

 

[Runnin]

I'm liking this book but it is a memoir so don't expect the wild ride of a novel. I haven't watched much P & R but it doesn't matter. If you're a person who enjoys both "the arts" as well as the simple life on a farm this book might be for you, as long as you don't mind a little irreverent humor and profanity here and there. It's a humorous look at a serious subject, life.

 

[Dalyn]

http://www.c-span.org/video/?169908-1%2FWilliamF

 

[Dalyn]

 

[Hawk]

Finally finished:

5/5 ... Bryson is a treat.

Now:

Next:

 

[Dalyn]

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2014/02/03/140203crbo_books_schjeldahl?utm_source=tny&utm_campaign=generalsocial&utm_medium=facebook&mbid=social_facebook

 

[Dalyn]

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/02/17/true-detective-fans-get-the-king-in-yellow-free/

 

[NinersSBChamps]

Currently reading a few Nathaniel Hawthorne short stories for my intro to lit class. Man he had some dark tails, but they definitely keep me engaged in his writings.

 

[jpx7]

Man he had some dark tails

Herman Melville was all about that Hawthorne tail.

 

[Dalyn]

Herman Melville was all about that Hawthorne tail.

Ha!

 

[Hawk]

Damn, Melville was an unrepentant perv.

 

[Julio3000]

Damn, Melville was an unrepentant perv.

That's the best kind.

 

[Dalyn]

[video=youtube;tTXckvj7KL4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTXckvj7KL4[/video]

 

[Dalyn]

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas-19711111

 

[Runnin]

William Least Heat Moon (what a name!) nails the various local dialects he hears on his journey around the country. That and his descriptions of the land, little towns and various people make this book worth your time.

And in one scene there's a kid wearing a Braves cap.