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Greetings...
I am a Tolstoy fan big time and Chekov too and Russian lit in general.....I love Dostoyevsky. Anyone out there with theories as to why Russians are such great natural-born writers????
Middling

Just when I believe I have learned the way to live, life changes and I m left the same as I started off…..... The more the things change, the more I m the same…..... It seems that my life is a constant irony of maturity and regression,..... but my perception of progress is based on the illusion that things out there are going to remain the same and that, at last, I have managed to gain a little control….. But there shall never be means to ends, only means…. And i see myself as means…. I m what I started with, and when it is all done with I shall be all that is left of me!

Theres a part of me that wants to write, a part of me that wants to theorize, a part that wants to teach, a part that want to live, a part that wants to love… To force myself into just a single role, to settle down to be just one thing in life, would kill off significant parts of me…...
rather, I recognize that I live now and only now, and I shall do what I want to do this moment and not what I had decided was the best for me yesterday.

Hello greetings to all. I hold a BA in English Lit and enjoy reading more than just about anything. I enjoy all types of lit really, my favorite authors in no order or grouped by genre: Thomas Pynchon, James Joyce, Robert Silverberg, Don DeLillo, Herman Melville, William Vollman, and my favorite poet Rainer Maria Rilke. I am glad to find somewhere to discuss literature.

Dears, pressed for time right now, but I like to start a friendly discussion about Jane Austen's ethnicity.

Greetings,
A friend referred me here and I will admit that in an effort to kick start my reading habit again I am hoping that this will motivate me to make the time to do exactly that. Primary interests have evolved but are currently Nonfiction, and after spending 15 years in Russia, Russian lit as well.

Hi,
I am a new member.
I hope to meet interesting and thinking people here, understand their point of views on various topics, understand life in this process and enjoy.
Life and its different perspectives fascinates me and I am interested in everything related to life and nature.
have a nice day.
Aryaa.

Hi!

My name is Tyler and I am new to writing. I have never shared my writings before and I am a little nervous. However, I want honest feedback and criticisms. I look forward to reading a lot of great things here! Thanks!

Well, hay! My name is Diana - as you can see I am from Croatia! I am a huge addict of literature - it's the biggest passion of mine! I am here to discus literature since I have rare opportunities to do so! Well - you will meet me already - I will just say hay for now and I hope to meet some of you trough threads at this forum :)

Hello:smile5:.
This is the place for somebody like me. I am looking forward to having a good time hanging around here:banana:.

Hi,
Nice to get this forum and found you all.. Hope will be become an active part of this community..

Hello - glad to have found this. Dickens is my favorite author.

Welcome all! :)

I enjoy posting on the internet. It is my hobby

Hello all,

I'm pleased to have found this site and look forward to many interesting discussions. I'd have to say that my three favorite books right now are Finnegans Wake, Tropic of Cancer, and Siddhartha, but I suppose this list is never finite. I am a writer, musician, director, and painter. I studied little in school, opted for a life of travel and squalor, and have never regretted a moment of it. For it is in life - the brutal living of it - that true meaning and mirth can be found.

Anyhoo; it's nice to meet you all.

I'm here to make friends who share my interest for life and litarature. I write short stories and read anything. :smilewinkgrin: