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Hey folks, I'm a English Major and love reading and talking about literature. I currently exploring the world of academic writing and reading any book that is worth reading. I love to discuss and love to hear others thoughts on Literature. I enjoy Short Stories, Early Medieval Lit, American Literature, Latin, Grammar, Lit Theory, Classics and Great Books. Glad to be here.
Hello Peeps, I've only recently joined the forum. I live near Bath in England. Apart from riding my motorbike and walking my dog Harvey I have been busy writing. If you have read the Mayor of Casterbridge or any Thomas Hardy novels you may be interested in it. It's a parody of Micheal Henchard called 'Henchard The Missing Years'. He lies, cheats and robs his way around America inbetween selling his wife and child and their subsequent return to Casterbridge. You'll find it on Amazon. That's kept me busy recently and I have now started writing a legal textbook.
Hi folks, my name is Paul Maher Jr. and I have a number of literary interests, reading and writing. Primarily I have researched and written on Jack Kerouac. I am also working on some projects related to Henry Thoreau, such as annotating his unpublished Extracts relating to the Indians. I read widely and deeply and am enthused about reading and responding in these forums.
Hi everyone. I'm 62 years old and do not have a formal education. Because of that I am self conscious to be here among college educated people. I wanted to go to college when younger but lacked confidence in my intellect and didn't have the finances. I have read the classics and enjoy classical music. I am getting along in years but read as much as I can, listen to great music, try to learn more every day, and appreciate the "finer" things in life. I especially enjoy philosophy, history, Thoreau, biographies on the founding fathers of America, landscape paintings and the natural beauty of the fall landscape of New England. I have lots of questions about music and literature so please be patient. I have tried to learn as much as I could on my own but there are so many things I have questions about.
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Nothing to be self-conscious about. I have only a high school education, and I doubt I'm the only one. I sometimes see depth in discussions that comes from a college education, and that makes me jealous. I also sometimes see a level of pretension and intellectual weenie-waving also fueled by a college education that I don't mind in the least not having picked up.
introduction of me:)
1. i am an human being
2. i am an male
3. i love literature
4. i love to write short stories
5. ya i love to sit and think a lot of things
well thats all i know about myself
wait wait ya i am an indian and also friendly
p.s my friends dearly call me an FREAK :)
thank u
Hello. I'm pretty much here to get feedback and share ideas. Glad I found this place, and still trying to figure out how everything words.
jd
Hello there! You can call me Ari. I love to read. Read a lot every day and am always looking for new exciting literary adventures.
Hi everyone. I know i'm new to this site but I actually came across it after researching information about poetry.com . Like numerous others I know how it also feels to be scammed by them and loose my poetry that cant be found. I have actually submitted 70 or 71 poems to them over the last 10 years. :coolgleamA:
Hi Everybody!!!
hello everyone,
new to this site.
i love to read. wanna talk about books.
especially want to find out about books that i wouldn't have heard of before. im sick of the usual hyped up novels that appear each month, and the conventional authors that get front page reviews simply because of their name. Ian McEwan comes to mind.
i love raymond carver, thomas hardy, annie proulx, dickens, richard ford, dennis lehane, john mcgahern, william trevor.
Hi everyone,
Im Victoria, plodding on with the completely solitary task of writing a 30,000 word postgraduate dissertation on Urban Gothic literature from 1845-1900. While I am enjoying it, I decided having contact with other literary people live yourselves will probably go a long way to preserve my sanity whilst keeping me on track with the big task Im faced with.
I would mainly love to meet anyone in the same boat as me, or with any fascination concerning Victorian litertature.
Thanks, and nice to meet you all,
Vic x
I love books, read everything from great literature to cereal boxes. However, the reason for my confusion is that I wanted to ask a question and could not seem to find a way to do that. I live in Florida, but I am a born and bred New Yorker - yes, NY, the city. Manhattan. I am there now and still have a thrill each time I go over the GWB. OK, so I have a great memory and remember plots, characters, etc. However, I am blanking on a story I read a few years ago. Is this the place to ask? Why can I not see where to post this? The story was written by a famous woman (American) author. It is a short story about two orphaned little girls who live with a mean aunt. She has them out on a dreary farm. They have no friends or toys. She gets a puppy and the children are thrilled. But just when the older girl is happy with her new friend, the aunt puts the dog into a school that trains dogs to be ferocious. It is a terribly sad story, but very moving. Any ideas? Can this be posted so that others may answer it? Thanks. Arianne
Greetings from Catalonia, in the South-West of Europe.
I'm a man with interests in writing, reading, languages and translation. I like literature of all genres from all over the world, although I focus on fiction and poetry. I prefer original versions as long as I can understand the language. My native ones are Catalan and Spanish.
I came across this forum while searching for information on a specific book. As it seems an interesting forum, I've decided to join.
Hello everyone, its good to be here.;)
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To begin at the beginning as Byron says. I managed to scrape one A Level in literature and flirted my way into University, and once there I became quite at home. I have gone slightly mad in a Neil Gaiman sort of way because I spent the best part of four years living in a welsh cottage with nothing but books, a parakeet, and a ferret for company. I love the Nineteenth century as it is surely the richest and most diverse for literature. I am a committed Byronist (currently doing my MA dissertation on Lord B and Wilde) and Romanticist in terms of academic study, but I also love the fin de siècle and French influence towards the end of the century, Huysman’s Au Rebours may just be my favourite novel. I also love poetry, especially Baudelaire, but mainly my tastes are very much rooted in the twentieth century. I have a particular passion for Ted Hughes as his poetry forms its own dark vein of English folk horror. I have just finished his Gaudete which transfixed me. I look forward to meeting fellow bibliophiles. And if you recognise my signature, we really ought to be friends.
Back after a very, very long while. Just graduated and hoping to really get back into reading once again.
So, well, anyway, hello everyone.
I want to send my regards to everyone here.I am very glad for for being here.I do adore everything conect with words.I am jurnalist but my primar love is Poetry.
My name is Mel Carriere, and I am a failed, disgraced poet who is trying to make a go of it in the world of prose. I love to read, and I'm not particular about genre. I like anything that is good. I look forward to conversing with you all.
This is my first post in what appears to be a very interesting blog. My passions are prose, poetry, religion, and philosophy. I really love Shakespeare, T. S. Eliot, and W.H. Auden and quote from them extensively when I post. My most highly recommend novel of late is "The Museum of Innocense" by Orhan Pamuk.
just asking for help, been told to research ideas for mordern domestic tragedy and im stumped!!! any help?:crash:
I am lonely 14 year old who has a passion for writing and would love for people to read my stories. I will get my first post up at sometime.
Hello, I am Tlaoc.
I have just stumbled apon this site and I thought it might be fun to check this community out.
I will end this post with a friendly hello.
Nice to be part of those with a consuming passion for words....On the eve of India's 64th Independence Day celebrations, let me cite the words of Gandhiji pearls of wisdom about our major sins.."...politics without principles, wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, and worship without renunciation of ego.."
At least on the surface, that is quite an apt summary of so many problems around the world today. I do understand that the world and it's issues are very complex, but nonetheless, I like the general sentiment.Quote:
politics without principles, wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, and worship without renunciation of ego
Hello, Everyone,
I am new here. The Tiger's Wife brought me to this web site and I am pleased that Tea Obrecht did!
I am a retired English teacher, so that's it as far as age goes!!
I enjoy a good mystery -- not thrillers,particularly -- but a good mystery warms my heart and alerts my brain. Next, I enjoy historical fiction with one of the best I have read is Killer Angels by Shaara. I am not a great fan of non-fiction; however, I thoroughly enjoyed Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. I am sure there were more, but that one stays with me.
Currently, I am reading The Imperfectionists. I am enjoying it -- strange, but interesting.
Hi, there! New member here. I'm from GA, but have lived in NYC, DC and Chicago. I currently reside in Seattle. I love to not only travel to different places but obviously live in them as well!
I worship at the feet of Fitzgerald (Zelda and Scott), Paul Auster, Graham Greene, Virginia Woolf and Richard Yates.
Hi everyone :wave:
Am an avid Sci-fi/fantasy reader and am addicted to movies......dislike sad endings but love plots (as longas they are not complex or wander off into insanity)
Fave authors - hands down Patrick Rothfuss, Michelle Sagara, Patricia Briggs, Robin Hobb to name but a few - will read anything I can get in the:as-sleep: library
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Welcome :)
hi everyone.....i had logged in here about 1 year back...came here back again to enjoy..Quote:
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hi frns....enjoy d world of books:wave:
Hi everyone. I'm new here and just wanted to say hello. I'm a mom, writer, illustrator and wife. I love all fiction, but have a special place for children's lit and indie writers.
Like most of you, I've written a book, but refuse to toot my horn here.
My favorite writers are Austen, Poe, Dickens and Charlotte Bronte. :nod:
Hi everybody, I'm Honey.
All I want to say is that I'm a fan of creative minds.
I haven't actually developed myself as a good writer but I've been fund of poetry interpretation and story telling competitions at school ^^
Hi,
My name is Ciaran. I'm 19 and an amateur fantasy/sci-fi writer from Brisbane, Australia. I worship J.R.R.Tolkien and Steven Erikson. At the moment I am trying to write the first novel of an epic fantasy series with limited success.
I'm Ewe, from Poland. I'm a big fan of science fiction and fantasy book. Not much into poetry and no talent for writing but I hope i will find something for myself here because I love reading.
Ewe
Hi everyone,
Have been reading this site for long time, finally upon back to study decided to be a member... isn't life strange? being in a place observing and then deciding to.... ok see u l8r.
Baz
Hey everyone!
I stumbled upon this site via google, and after a little bit of browsing I thought 'Jackpot'.
And well, here I am. Glad to be here.
Hello Everyone, Been a silent follower of these forums since long!now a member, hoping a pleasant stay here!
Hi everyone, i've found this place looking for comments about Plexus by Henry Miller and i decided to stay here.
Hi I am a poet, who is interested in discussing poetic theory. I am looking foward to my time here.
Hmm...hello everyone.
I live in HongKong, am an 18 year old collage bookworm, and dream of being a social and literary critic.=///=
actually, I discover this site only by accident, then I'm in love with it.
I wish I could gain some insight from this place.