Introduce Yourself here and say Hi.

I am almost 62 and in my second year of persuing my Bachelors Degree. ( I am a late bloomer.) I love Literature, especially Poetry. This Literature Network Site sounds like it will be interesting. I am looking forward to talking to everyone and sharing ideas about the different subjects that are presented.

Hello everybody

This is Salwa..looking forward to explore this helpful site:) Whats the latest?

Hi, my name is Craig, just saying hello. I'm into reading (!!!) I play guitar & bass in a band, I write songs, short stories, poetry(I try!) have 3 sons, I like making up little nuggets of wisdom: "Freedom is relative, to where you are now, in your mind".
Wrote on a toilet wall in Strangeways prison a LONG time ago. I am a recovering heroin addict, been clean for 9 years, I now try to help people who are where I once was. I ran a music workshop for people with special needs for 5 yrs in Sheffield. Unfortunately I had to move back to my home town for personal reasons & I really miss my people. I believe in peace, love & as somebody once said "Mankind's only hope for survival is co-operation" I say "So co-operate or die". As in evolve or become extinct, you know who you are, or rather, you don't! Ha! My tag, "kajacker" is derived from 'ka', meaning spirit or soul, & 'jacker', as in stealer, Soul Stealer! Anyway, enough of my ramblings, I'd be interested to see if anyone comments on this, or not. Love on ya XX

Moshu, did you know the way you spelled magick refers to its Occult status? Aleister Crowley uses it in his 'sexual magick' writings. I only mention it as you are a young Christian, as I am an older follower of His works, & others, I thought you would be interested. I think it is a beautiful way of spelling it, as it adds an air of mysticism. Good fortune on your journey through life. XX

Hi, my name's Marrie, i'm 18 yrs old,i've read some of the poems and liked them
can't wait to read more and maybe post one sometime

Welcome!

Hello,
I'm Terrie in California. I'm 51 years old, and I'm very impressed to see so many teenagers on this site! As a former teacher, it makes me happy to see that there are so many kids out there who are into reading and literature! My favorite genre is fantasy, and I love to write, especially young adult fantasy.

hello my name is TIL from New Jersey,i only took up reading about 6 years ago, but been liking it since then i love too read in winter and at night. dunno why but for me thats my go time.i read mostly foreign books, from russian, french and albanian writers. ttyl

Hey, I'm Shivonne. Not really sure what to say so I'll start with the obvious, I'm 19 from England. My biggest hobbies are literature, photography and fashion design. Umm, I'm a friendly person and I hope to make some friends on here to have good conversations with. Thanks for reading :)

Hello everyone, this is Jack from HK. I love to read & write,especially short poems. Hope to make some friends on this wonderful site.

Hello, all.

I'm actor, teacher, writer, whose current project is a website that combines classic lit and improv (www.actingitout.com). I've used the online-literature site for quite a while and thought it was time I joined the forum here!

Hope to become better acquainted with fellow lit lovers,
Diane

hi, i am a final yr student of english language and literature. i work as an office administrator and also engage in photography. won't say much for now cos im sourcing for answers for likely exam questions for my next paper. thanks!

Hello everybody my name is Lucy and as you all may know I am new to this site. I like poetry I find it beautiful and romantic. My favorite poem is one written by Robert Frost "Stopping by Woods." I am in my early 40's and I am now finishing my second semester of college. It has been a struggle for me since I work full time but I refuse to give up.

Umm...Hello! I'm a student and I have to admit, my standard of english isn't too high so please pardon any errors!! I like to draw, watch anime and read and I absoutely LOVE chocolate and coffee!! I can get high all on my own; my friends say that I'm easily amused so maybe that's a reason...Last but not least, nice to meet everyone!

Hi all. :D

I'm Jessie and I'm a college student majoring in Creative Writing. I'm currently working on my first novel and everything is going swimmingly. I have loved reading ever since I was little and writing has been my passion since I was 13. I'm a playwright as well, but I really want to be a novelist. Hopefully, I can get my work published. That would be amazing.

I have a blog. It's http://bookiewriter.blogspot.com! I chronicle my writing my first novel, and other subjects along the way.

So there ya go!

Hey.

I'm eighteen and the poster child for literature geeks worldwide. Seriously, I read Shakespeare and Milton for fun. Other than that, I'm an artist, musician (trumpet, guitar, piano, and voice), writer, and actress. I guess you could say I'm pretty well-rounded, artisticly speaking. Other than that, I can't really think of much else to say.

Hi.

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No, I'm Stuart, 18. I study Scottish literature, English literature and History of Art at university.

My main interest aside from reading is music. I play the guitar. I play a lot of jazz/jazzfingerpicking stuff but I'm pretty happy playing most things. That said, i've never really gotten into metal and 'hard rock' and that whole side of music.

I'm also quite interested in art, Jackson Pollock being a particular favourite of mine. Also Rothko and Newman, Monet, Gaugin.

That's the idea of this thread you? hope so

I'll keep this short and sweet!

I'm Scottish and currently studing for my Masters in Literature and Film in Scotland.

The majority of my highschool education took place abroad, mainly Prague and Dubai, so I got the travel bug early on.

I was a professional ballet dancer and danced for several companies throughout Europe, however although I love dance I wanted something more from life, so here I am at Uni!

Music is my second passion in life, I'll listen to anything that's worth listening to, but essentially I'm a proud rocker. I love going to festivals and gigs, and have been lucky enough to meet a few of my musical idols. I'm pretty musical myself, playing piano, clarinet and bass guitar- I attempt to sing!

Literature has always been a part of my life. It can teach you so much about life that you yourself will never experience, plus it sparks and extreme amout of debate which is always great fun. I would have to say that Lolita and Mrs Dalloway are two of my top books, mostly due to the amount of thought they provoke and the conceptions they challenge. I'm also quite a big Graphic Novel fan, perhaps the genre isn't extremely notable, but I love the rawness of it.

I'm quite an arty type I guess, however I'm not one that likes something because I'm told that it's a great piece of art and therefore should find it spectatcular. I adore the 1950's pin up scene and Gil Elvgren. I also have a passion for the art and history of tattooing.

I'm pretty liberal and open-minded with the majority of things and respect people's opinions, however I will not be preached too.

Anyway, I'm bored of writing about myself to be honest, so I'll leave it at that!

I am a High School English teacher in the St Louis Public Schools. I teach World Literature and British Literature. I love reading and writing, am currently suffering from writer's block. Any help I can get would be appreciated.

Favorite Poets: WB Yeats, Wallace Stevens, Louise Gluck, Ruth Stone, William Carlos Williams, A R Ammons, Pablo Neruda and many others (a.m.o.) I'm currently exploring British WWI poets Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon.

Favorite Essayists/Non-Fiction: John McPhee, Joan Didion, Samuel Johnson, James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, John Ruskin, Tom Wolfe, Gerald Early, a.m.o.

Favorite Novelists: Dostoyevsky, Fielding, Henry James, Dickens, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Doris Lessing, Mark Twain, a.m.o

Comic Novels: A Confederacy of Dunces, The Sot Weed Factor, The Good Soldier Schweik, Tom Jones

Other interests: Holocaust Literature, Mythology and Folk Tales, The Harlem Renaissance, History(these days that's American History from WW1-WW2) Jazz, Baseball, Politics, Dance.

Current teaching challenge: Coming up with new activities for Units on WW1 Poets and Nectar In A Sieve.

Hi, I'm salar from Iran. I study this beautiful English Literature and hope to be more aquanted with you friends.

Hello, people of all ages.
I'm Bagheera. No, that's not my real name, but I'd prefer if people would call me that. I'm not in collage yet, but I'll hopefully major in Drama. I do love to read and English is my best subject, but the reason I came here was because I wanted to discuss the Jungle Book, because I'm in Jungle Tales, a play based upon that, and I now have an obsession with it.
There you go.

Hi Forum

I'm pleased to become acquainted with you and look forward to reading and responding.

Hi I'm mikey. Just a pussycat,

Hi, I'm Skips x

hi everyone,
just signed up.
As a start: imwriting an essay on the language and the mind in "the handmaids tale"...Any tips, hints etc.

hi all...
it's me putri from indonesia...

hope we can share together in this forum...

cheers...^_^

Hi everyone! I'm Dave.

Hello everyone!
Well, about me...
My name is Halle. I love reading, writing, traveling, and tap-dancing. My favorite books are The Great Gatsby, Gone with the Wind, Daisy Miller, the Harry Potter books , To Kill a Mockingbird and The Scarlet Letter. F. Scott Fitzgerald is my favorite author.

I'm still in high school right now. In college I want to study English, Screenwriting, Film Directing, European History, and the Romance Languages. I think I'll triple major (I don't know if you can do that, but oh well) in English, Film, and Romance Languages.

I love movies as well as books, especially old movies. I watch the Turner Classic Movie channel a lot. My favorite movies are Gone with the Wind, 12 Angry Men, and Roman Holiday.

Well, that's enough about me for right now.

It's nice to meet all of you!

Halle

I am a new kid on the block. Just call me Uncle Bob. I am currently in South Korea teaching English. Hobbies include, writing short stories and novels. Also love to hike in the many mountains of Korea.

Hello everybody,
This Ola from Syria.I'm studing English literature and trying to prove my language.So, we can help ourselves.
It is really a very intresting website, and I'm very happy to be with you.
My favorites are drawing, music, writing a poetry, and sports.
the life in Syria is wonderful. I have a lot of friends, and I hope to see all people happy.
thank you.:)

wasup everybody. ive always liked writing whether it was poetry, lyrics, and even essays (if the topic was good). Names mark, about to be 16 (2 weeks from this post), and i hope to stay active in the community ;)

First ,I'd like to have a brief introduction about myself .I like Hip-hop culture ,playing basketball and Reading. I'd like to make friends with all of you .

Just a quick introduction from Oklahoma. I'm a 10th grade English teacher in a little town called Sapulpa, just southwest of Tulsa. I found your site by Googling "Les Miserables" and came across the searchable full text. I look forward to hearing what people think about great literature.

... but none of them seem to take--so let's try this one more time.

The last posting(?) told everyone I was new to the site, and was looking for a guide.

And I hate, absolutely hate, writing the same thing two, or three, or four times.

hi everyone!
hope to have a good time here.....

Hi I'm Daniel and i found this site looking for information on sophocles and i decide to look more indepth and there is tons of information here :thumbs_up

Hello, everyone!:lol:
My name is Russalia (but you can call me Leah ;D ) . I'm from Plovdiv, Bulgaria. 16, almost 17.
My favourite books and authors are in my profile, no use to write them again here.
I found the website while looking for Percy Shelley's works.
So..sure I'll have a great time here. ;)

hi evrybody......... i am really thrilled aftr joinin THE LITERATURE NETWORK FORUM... to add sum more abt me ...... mmm... i luv readin, njoy 2 see net n chat vt my pals.... n very intrested 2 gt in4mations 4 my studiez in da net..anddd... gosh.. i LUV CREATIVE WORK!!!! datz all 4 nw...

Hi

I'm interested in the literature of any outsiders, women, gays, blacks, whoever. I'm currently plowing my way thru Southern literature, and having a ball.

Hello everybody,
I am happy to join the forum at last. I have known and used this site for about three years but never tried to take part in the discussions. Obviously, now the time is ripe.
Technically, I am a teacher of German and a lecturer in the history of the German language, at a university in the Land of Absurd, as I often call my country (that I actually love), but I am also a big fan of the English-speaking and especially English-writing world, which is why I am here.

Hope to have a great time with all of you!