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Thank you very much. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by hannah_arendt
Ian Dengler
artistamp poet...well, in the very short style of Aram Saroyan
philosopher of taxonomy: mood predicates, grammatologics, propositional taximetrics of any argument
Thank you for the invitation to introduce myself. I grew up in Southern California and called Disneyland's Haunted Mansion my second home. Perhaps seeing the ghosts waltzing and hearing the music is why I became interested in taking organ lessons when my piano teacher suggested it -- when my legs were long enough to reach the pedals. Music is also special to me because it was the healing power of music (and many prayers) that helped me recover from a serious sledding injury (basal skull fracture & concussion) that "scattered my type" for awhile while I was in junior high.
When I was away at college majoring in organ performance, I found the library to be a welcome haven after hours of practicing music in the basement of the Fine Arts Center. Coming from California, I appreciated the changing seasons outside. Autumn was my favorite, and I found poetry and books about it. I developed an interest in the history behind Halloween, and devoured literature and research on the topic. One treat: I discovered Bobby Burns' "Halloween" poem, and laughed at the characters in the story, which reminded me of Disney's "Icabod Crane and The Headless Horseman."
I would like to have others benefit, as I have, from the combination of music and literature. After researching Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven," I wrote a musical setting for organ and strings for all 18 verses of the poem and recorded it on a CD. My hope was that it might be helpful to teachers and students to better understand the poem with hearing the emotions of the music. I joined this forum to get more ideas and knowledge for future projects. You can read about some of my other projects on my page.
Thanks from a forum newbie.
I hope the winds caress your soul and find you most intrigued with wonderous books.
Hello, I've recently started to write some book reviews and I wanted to know what people think about them, so I hope you enjoy some of my work later and give me a good feedback :)
Hello everyOne... :)
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mY LOve for LiteRaTuRe bRinGx mE heRe...
reAdinG iS mY pASsiOn....
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Welcome :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Love Literature
thAnKQqqxxx Maria :)
thAnkQqqxxx Maria :)
You are welcome :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Nebogipfel
A propos, where do you come from?
Hi All!
New to the forum. I graduated with a degree in English about six years ago. I loved the work I did, but I did not stay in academia...I went into Finance. It's a lucrative career, but I've started to miss being able to talk about literature, art, and film without someone saying, "I think you're looking too deep into it" (and then having to hide my horror at their statement).
I hope I have found a community where I can finally discuss meanings that go beyond the surface without alienating myself from everyone in the room, and where "it is what it is" is NOT an acceptable answer!
If so, then I have MISSED you all...deeply...
K
Hello :) Welcome.Quote:
Originally Posted by KT-R
PS. I had the same problem with "it is what it is :) "
Or, "It is what each of us thinks it is."Quote:
Originally Posted by KT-R
Hi!
Full of questions re Goethe's Zuleika & Hatem. Sometimes thick like Tokusan (Zen lore).
Thank you for the warm welcome Hannah and Gladys!
Ugh isn't "it is what it is" just horrible!
And "it is what each of us thinks it is" -- YIKES!!!!!!!!
Almost as bad as "beauty is in the eye of the beholder"
GAHHHH! You ladies are fabulous!
Hello! I'm Chirpy! Not my real name but close enough. :)
I used to read every book I could get my hands on. Now I read mostly... erm... non-profit fiction written by independent authors on the internet only marginally protected by copy-write laws? Haha I just can't turn a library book in on time to save my life. Being a "friend of the library" (comes with a badge and unwanted emails!) does not save you from fines.
I love word play and symbolism. We will marry.
What else? I have this thing where I can only read certain books in certain places. IOW I won't be finishing LotR until I can get back up to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. I travel a lot, so it could be worse. Better.
I am a writer. Writing is my passion and main life-ruiner. Also the reason I decided to join. I am looking for place to share my writing, receive good crit, and discuss lovely literature things in general. I hope I find a home here. :)
You`re most welcome here , hope you do get what you are here for. Good Luck.
The art of bing wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. -William James-
Bill: So-cratz - "The only true wisdom consists in knowing that you know nothing".Quote:
The art of bing wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. -William James-
Ted: That's us, dude! - Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Welcome!
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY
Hello! I am new to this site - obviously. I am a Consultant for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing. I teach all grades levels in several different schools. I currently have a profoundly deaf high school who is reading Animal Farm in her Honors English Class. It is very difficult to help her with this since I haven't read the book and am not in her class when it is taught. I am hoping to get some insight into novels by reading posts from everyone here.
thanks
My compliments to both you for working with the deaf and especially to your student for managing honors classes despite her handicap. Working on either side of that fence takes both courage and strength.Quote:
Originally Posted by ElizabethNC
That said, are you really doing her a service by avoiding reading a book you need to be helping her with? Any parent and teacher will tell a student looking for shortcuts to actually reading a work that there is no substitute. I think the same message would apply in spades to a teacher. How can you possibly effectively teach a book if you haven't read it?
Animal Farm is very short and could easily be knocked off in an evening if you have time. if it would help you further, maybe your student can get for you the planned reading schedule from her class teacher, so you can read just the chapter(s) in advance for your next meeting with her.
And take heart--at least it isn't War and Peace.
Hello,
I'm Lisa, 29 and married to Hans.
I'm a piercer (in training) and work as a maid for elderly to help them stay in their own home longer by doing their cleaning, groceries and things like that.
I've always wanted to study English, but never had the money for it. I've decided that it no longer matters, and that I'll study without the university, teachers and class mates. I love reading and I like gathering information from several sources to get a clear view.
I'm hoping to find like minded people, that do not consider my favourite books dusty, boring and old-fashioned. I think I succeeded the moment I found this website though! I hope to become a helpful forum member and maybe even find friends here.
Have a good day!
I am happy to extend a welcome, despite the fact that you like JK Rowling :D
Live and be well - H
Thanks for your kind welcome, but come on, JK is good, Harry Potter is like comfort food in a book....Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawkman
Looking around the internet and bumped into this place. Going to give it a try. I will read just about anything that holds my attention. fiction/non. Drama, fantasy, sci. Serious to the absurd.
Hello, I'm Ankit. I've been looking for places on the Internet to talk about literary fiction and haven't found anything great yet. I try and use goodreads every now and then, but it's frustrating and I haven't been able to meet new readers easily. I use Quora a lot and it has some great threads about literature and fiction and reading, but it's too dominated by talk about science, startups and Silicon Valley as of now. I'm currently reading Pale Fire and The Age of Innocence. I particularly enjoy 20th century fiction, and American authors like Wallace, Franzen, Eugenides, DeLillo among many others.
hi I've been watching from the sidelines for a while and now i'm here.
Hello, I am Adriano Bulla. I'm a bit new to all this, so forgive me if this is not exactly how things are done.
Well, Ade is how people call me, anyway...
Born in Italy in the 70s, I am a Londoner. My great passion is for Literature, Comparative Literature in particular, poetry and epic. If I mentioned my favourite writers you would find very common names in the list: Dante, Milton, Joyce, Vergil, Eliot, Woolf and Dickens...
I am a writer and poet myself, with a couple of books out and a novel to come soon, 'The Road to London'.
I am also a Teacher and Lecturer of English, Latin, Anglo-Saxon, Classical History, History of Art, Philosophy and Ancient Greek.
Hey there
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Originally Posted by Hunterslytle
hello I am not a writer and rare that I do this but you see, I wrote a poem the other day very heartfelt about this woman I desire and I've yet to have my poem judged from a professional stand point and any possible future for my poem is yet unknown anyone who could help and would like to read it I would much appreciate it thank you.
If you are familiar with the musician G.G. Allin, you will know that he has an album called "Hated in the Nation". Unfortunately, that phrase also applies to my reputation in that horrid place, real life.
It is not uncommon for people to go to the Internet and contact people with like-minded interests as an escape from their surrounding sycophants or detractors. This is my attempt.
That out of the way: I like Joyce, Miller, Nabokov, Orwell, Plato, Nietzsche, and others; I have lurked the site for many seconds and even minutes.
Now there is a tendency I have noted in others, offline and online. There is, depending on their personality (that is the thing that makes you date people, if you didn't know), a certain amount of time that a person will allow my obnoxiousness to linger like a mist around them, before making their displeasure clear. I hope to delay that date with you people.
That's all. Good night, and God help us... in the future.
Myself Allison Gardner and I ma from USA. I am a student.
My hobby is to listen to different kinds of music.... And its very nice to be in this forum. :)
Well the reason I'm here is to solicit suggestions on who is writing the great literature of the last 20 years. Kinda lost touch with the literary world around '95. I've read and appreciated DF Wallace, J Lethem, J Franzen, J Eugenides, M Lehner. Past heros included Pynchon, Rushdie, Barth, Vonnegut, Richler, Miller,Mailer,Kerouac,Bukowski, Brautigan, J Harrison, McGuane, R Banks. Any and all advice is welcome. Thanks!
Hello all! How do I introduce myself? I'm a book nerd, reading since an early age and never stopped. Voracious but if a book bores me I will easily toss it aside. Subscribe to the Nancy Pearl formula- subtract your age from one hundred and that's how many pages you should give a book. For me I round so that's about 60 or so;) love YA- very underrated and overlooked. Read mainly fiction, love a good juicy character driven novel I can sink my teeth into and chase with a glass (or two) of Chardonnay. Love the classics, beach books and trashy novels. Read for escapism. Am working on a book about my time living/working in the Cayman Islands but fiction is truly stranger than fact.
Welcome :)Quote:
Originally Posted by AllisonGardner
Hello all! I am a "newbie" to this forum. I actually found it while searching for some information for one of my lessons. I teach tenth grade English. :seeya:
Hallo. I'm a very new member in here. I am from Indonesia and recently I am falling in love with books! Especially detective story. See you through the screen!
P.S. Please excuse my English. It is my second language. And I hope it won't become an obstacle for you to communicate with me in the future. Thank you for your understanding. C:
I'm not new, but I haven't been active in a long, long time. I'm Kristina, 26 years old from Gothenburg, Sweden. I'm a teacher working in a preschool with a focus on outdoor pedagogy. I've always been a reader of fiction, since I knew how to read. I mainly read classics, general fiction and have developed a fascination for African fiction in the last couple of years. I listen to music a lot, mostly indie and singer/songwriters. Also just moved into a new apartment with my fiancé. That's all for now. Looking forward to trying to be more active agan!