tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156867803451235282.post3110923364899516150..comments2023-10-09T04:45:43.891-07:00Comments on and then, and then: Weekend Reading ListDaniel Gohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13177637203724062390noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156867803451235282.post-54843120478264658942011-02-22T01:27:06.679-08:002011-02-22T01:27:06.679-08:00Dear EA: That's the one, and that's hardly...Dear EA: That's the one, and that's hardly what the thing is about. Total agreement on David Leavitt and Sedaris. The latter I've tried and failed to read several times - i think the shorter pieces in The New Yorker is as much as I can bear from from such a thin talent.Daniel Gohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13177637203724062390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156867803451235282.post-46855548769065052452011-02-20T22:35:26.928-08:002011-02-20T22:35:26.928-08:00Dear DG
now, abt Hollinghurst and The Spell. just...Dear DG<br /><br />now, abt Hollinghurst and <i>The Spell</i>. just to make sure that i was remembering the correct book, i went to Wiki & found this hilarious one-line plot introduction: <br /><br /><i>A civil servant falls for a younger man and thereby discovers Ecstasy.[1]</i><br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spell#Plot_introduction<br /><br />Succinct, if somewhat Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156867803451235282.post-90347542810046988132011-02-20T18:13:35.147-08:002011-02-20T18:13:35.147-08:00Dear Jacq: It's so different from what I'm...Dear Jacq: It's so different from what I'm inundated with that I find it restores all my faith in reading and the word. I shall look up the poem you're working on.Daniel Gohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13177637203724062390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156867803451235282.post-34047818626456652092011-02-20T07:16:43.769-08:002011-02-20T07:16:43.769-08:00what a coincidence you are reading The Iliad. I am...what a coincidence you are reading The Iliad. I am marking essays written about a poem by Michael Longley called "Ceasefire" which borrows from The Iliad. Jacq.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com