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Old 03-11-2006, 10:37 PM  
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Ok for the high brow crowd what books you are reading
I'm reading The New American Revolution by tammy bruce. She is a great thinker and funny.
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Old 04-19-2010, 07:45 PM   #1321
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How is Committed? I liked EPL fairly well, though I enjoyed it more while I was reading it than I did in retrospect. Certain sections I enjoyed, but I was pretty tired of her by the end of the book.

The Chinese food book sounds good. I'm still cranking through the Oxford American food issue and enjoying it. Also been rereading Carver's Cathedral for discussion with my writing class.
I'm only 100 pages into Committed. It is nowhere near the same level of quality. I'm only reading it out of, erm, commitment to Gilbert (who I find to be a lovely writer).

I've had the food issue of OA for over a month now but I haven't started it yet. I've got some books to read before I'll get into it (those books being the aforementioned Shark's Fin & Sichuan Pepper, The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People who Read Them by Elif Batuman, and Steve Almond's new nonfiction book, Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life: A Book By and For the Fanatics Among us (with Bitchin' Soundtrack).)

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Old 04-19-2010, 09:31 PM   #1322
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I read The Art of Racing in a single 3 hour sitting, and I'll admit it made me cry. First book ever to do so.
Amazingly, it didn't.

I've had a few books get me.



So what is this about Infinite Jest? It's like the only internet cult I don't belong to.
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Old 04-19-2010, 09:32 PM   #1323
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Old 04-19-2010, 09:42 PM   #1325
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Old 04-19-2010, 09:49 PM   #1326
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So what is this about Infinite Jest? It's like the only internet cult I don't belong to.
The novel is huge. Massive in size. But its by the late David Foster Wallace, which makes it worth reading because DFW was a genius.
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Old 04-19-2010, 09:51 PM   #1327
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The novel is huge. Massive in size. But its by the late David Foster Wallace, which makes it worth reading because DFW was a genius.
What is it about DFW that makes him an internet cult god?
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Old 04-19-2010, 09:53 PM   #1328
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What is it about DFW that makes him an internet cult god?
Is he an internet cult god? I just know that he's one of the more important American writers of the last 50 years. He's a stellar talent. His nonfiction has been tremendously influential on my writing.
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Old 04-20-2010, 04:59 AM   #1329
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What is it about DFW that makes him an internet cult god?
Read the following essays from him for a taste of why he's so kickass:

"Shipping Out: On the (nearly lethal) comforts of a luxury cruise"
"Ticket to the Fair"
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Old 05-06-2010, 11:32 AM   #1330
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Old 05-06-2010, 11:39 AM   #1333
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