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Sounds like a success to me edsbar. You and the other teachers may have been experiencing trouble teaching Into The Wild earlier because I think the concepts in the story are a little hard for kids...

When reading your post I couldn't stop thinking of that famous saying "ignorance is bliss". The more you learn about literature and its themes, eras, authors lives, scholarly opinions, etc, the less...

You bring up some great comments AuntShecky, I was thinking some of the same things when I read the story. Mostly about Sci-Fi being considered classic literature, Asimov really wrote something that...

The Last Question, by Isaac Asimov is a really great short sci-fi story that I though I'd post for those who have never read it. The link to the story below starts off with a little history of the...

the new Harry Potter

It's a really interesting article, and it brings up the the old debate that while many books are taught to mean certain, exact things, they might be completely misinterpreted, as we can not simply...

I'm reading Lolita right now, and I don't like when people ask me what it's about when they see me with it lol.

I've spent about $100 for The Complete Far Side, a collection of every Gary Larson cartoon evar. Same goes with the Complete Calvin and Hobbes collection, cost me about $100.

I know, I feel like I'm becoming an expert on Ayn Rand without even reading her works. The article was interesting Virgil, thanks for posting it. I seemed to me while reading piece that the author...

That's a good question, just off the top of my head, J.D. Salinger characters come to mind. The entire Glass family always has something witty to say to each other.

Thank you Morrisonhotel and Prometheus'Wake for adding those viewpoints on modernism, I've never really considered either of them until now. I would like to add that I think the rise of psychology as...

Modernism came around after World War 1, which brought with it a new outlook on human civilization. Before the war, during the Victorian era and beyond, humans generally believed that mankind was...

I would also like to add that "Cannery Row" contained one of the funniest sentences I've ever read, I had to put the book down and lost my page because I was laughing so hard. Chapter 32 beings with...

Just finished "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck a couple of minutes ago. Great novel. Jerked a tear from my eye.

I found this on wikipedia, the name issue may just deal with a translation problem.

I agree that most poems should be at least heard aloud, and when a lot of people attempt to learn poetry they only read it. I like to memorize my favorite poems

a very long time, even for short books. I just don't read as often as I would like to.

I was really in to the the song of ice and fire series until the fourth book, which I never got around to finishing. The Hedge Knight does look interesting though, maybe I'll try to pick it up...

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Silly Putty?

Road To Joy - Bright Eyes

The Guns of Brixton - The Clash
I hate myself for losing you - Kelly Clarkson :\
Us and Them - Pink Floyd
Those to Come - The Shins
I'll Be Around - Frank Sinatra

I'm still an avid reader of Dr. Seuss whenever I find one of his masterpieces laying around.

love/hate, sometimes I'll get a nasty flavor

litnet?

I'm reading cannery row right now, good book so far.

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Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica is published.